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Dick Smith, Burger King, David Jones: Is it third time lucky for Anchorage?

Inside Retail

Anchorage Capital, at best, added some finishing touches to Woolworths’ turnaround strategy and reworked the balance sheet for the sharemarket float. million loss in 2014, New Zealand financial press reports stated. No more balance sheet shuffle . In fact, this triggered the Woolworths Holdings takeover offer in 2014.

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Myer’s profit doubles during first half

Inside Retail

Department store Myer has registered strong sales growth in its December half – and its profit is the highest since the first half of 2014. Audited results for the 26 weeks to January 28 show sales grew 24.2 per cent to $1.9 billion while tax-paid profit increased 101.4 per cent to $65 million. per cent to $382.3 per cent of overall sales.

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Reliance, Apollo lodge US$6 billion bid for Boots business

Inside Retail

Walgreen Boots was created when the US business took a 45 per cent share in Boots in 2012, with an option to buy the balance, which when executed saw the two companies merge into a new entity in December 2014. Ambani sees an opportunity to expand the Boots brand in Asia, where it already has a strong presence in Thailand.

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Emperor Champagne plans physical expansion following strong online growth

Inside Retail

According to Kirkpatrick, while its Champagne Club members are “die-hards”, with some having joined during the business’ infancy in 2014, Emperor Champagne prides itself on bringing wines to Australia from wineries that wouldn’t otherwise launch Down Under. The perfect balance.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Having worked at The Iconic, one of ANZ’s leading online fashion and lifestyle retailers, since 2014 as CFO, acting CEO and COO, Lee has overseen teams across different sectors, including finance, supply chain, operations, and technology change programs.

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Temple of the Sun co-founder talks design inspiration and sales growth

Inside Retail

Founded in Byron Bay in 2014, it has gained a cult following for its unique designs inspired by history, archaeology and ancient symbolism. Darren Gallant: Temple of the Sun first launched in late 2014. The balance has been sourced from a local community-based electricity retailer providing 100 per cent renewable energy.

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‘Do the little things well’: Leadership tips from Budgy Smuggler’s GM

Inside Retail

Back in 2014, I arrived at Budgy’s ‘office’ at the time, which was the owner’s bedroom, to pick up a set of custom swimwear for our rugby team. IR: What’s your approach to work-life balance? Inside Retail : Tell me about your career journey. Brenden Hartmann: My story may be a little unique.

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