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“No immediate impact”: Experts weigh in on Senate Committee’s recommendations

Inside Retail

This week, the Senate Committee on Supermarket Prices made 14 recommendations for the Government to consider amending the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to end the alleged price gouging of the major supermarkets. However, outside of this committee, there has been a publicised difference in opinion across political lines.

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Flinders + Co to open first retail store – in South Melbourne

Inside Retail

Family-owned meat brand, Flinders + Co, will open its first retail concept store this month in Stall 13 at South Melbourne Market. South Melbourne Market was an obvious choice for our first retail store. David Madden founded the company in 2010 as a boutique lamb brand on a small island in the midst of Bass Strait.

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“Our mission is to make retail fair”: Wolf & Badger CEO George Graham

Inside Retail

The UK-based online platform for independent and ethical brands Wolf & Badger opened its first bricks-and-mortar location in London in 2010, before adding stores in New York in 2017 and Los Angeles in 2022. Today, the US is its largest market. Over the years, we have grown substantially, but not always in a straight line.

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Overseas expansion is risky, but these Aussie retailers are doing it anyway

Inside Retail

Enhanced market analysis and management tools generated by new technology and the attraction of international customers from online platforms are no doubt key factors. However, another driver has been the imperative to respond to the erosion of market share by international retail brands that have entered the Australian market.

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The challenge of continually improving: Why Tinyme’s Ben Hare loves his job

Inside Retail

Our 2023 report features C-level executives with decades of leadership experience, alongside start-up founders and digital specialists with a wide range of skills, from marketing to logistics. I was staggered at the lack of focus below the top line at that point in time,” Hare recalled. You can download it here.

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How Coupang, the Amazon of Korea, turned a profit 18 months after listing

Inside Retail

On 18 November, it still languished about 60 per cent below its closing price on its first day of trading, the quarterly profit is a major milestone, particularly as Coupang first began operations as a marketplace as long ago as 2010. Top line slows, bottom line fattens. In the technology sector, twelve years is a long time.

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From Chicago to Johor: Why Garrett Popcorn is taking off in Malaysia

Inside Retail

According to Geskin, local families and travellers from around the world would line up for blocks outside its Chicago shops. Geskin explained that building on the momentum of the brand’s popularity, in 2010, it opened its first Singapore outlet as its first foray into the Southeast Asian market.