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Don’t inbox-watch: How Officeworks’ merchandise GM balances his attention

Inside Retail

After almost 30 years in the retail industry, Officeworks general manager of merchandising Jim Berndelis has gained plenty of experience and life lessons. From there, I’ve worn many hats in our support office and in various roles across the merchandise function: from demand planning to buying to buying manager.

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Why the NBA is going green and opening stores Down Under

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Both stores feature a wide range of apparel and merchandise, and seek to leverage the significant,and ever growing, popularity of the league in Australia. Are there plans to expand and open more locations, and is the NBL seen as competition in this space? A few months later, the NBA opened its second store in Martin Place in Sydney.

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Opinion: Brad Banducci transformed Woolies as CEO and deserves to be recognised

Inside Retail

The first, a Melbourne radio interview defending Woolworths’ decision not to promote Australia Day merchandise, and the second, an ABC Four Corners exchange on competition in the grocery market. It is a shame that Brad Banducci’s retirement announcement as Woolworths CEO has been clouded by some poor media interviews.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

According to Convenience and Impulse Retailing , 7-Eleven is going through a period of expansion throughout regional Australia, planning 70 new stores in the next two years. He worked as CFO for L’Oreal China in 2006, for L’Oreal Western Europe in 2012, and was then named Global CFO for L’Oreal Consumer Cosmetics a year later.

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How Chinese toy giant Pop Mart thinks local, dominates global

Inside Retail

The merchandise and the market. Around 2012, Wang had already recognised the popularity of toys in his stores. Typically, these collections are planned a year in advance of launch and take 10 months to develop. We plan to expand these collaborations globally,” Moon said. “I But not now.

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