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Belles Hot Chicken talks crowdfunding campaign and global growth plans

Inside Retail

Since launching in Melbourne in 2014, Belles Hot Chicken (Belles) has grown to six existing locations, including a new opening in Bondi, Sydney, a few weeks ago, and is now looking to raise between $1 million and $2 million to fund further expansion. National and international expansion.

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Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing. Here’s what retailers can learn

Inside Retail

Rather than investing in and delivering on their brand promise, they focus on other, often supplementary, marketing strategies such as launching engaging campaigns, brands may believe they can substitute competence with warmth. There are countless examples of brands leveraging their success stories through various PR strategies.

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Ksubi’s return to Australian shores with Bondi Beach House and what’s next

Inside Retail

It comes as the brand plans to open new stores in Sydney and Melbourne in early 2024. After laying low Down Under for the past few years, premium denim label Ksubi warmed its Bondi Beach House pop-up on Thursday with an influential guest list. Ksubi’s return to operating stand-alone stores in Australia has been a long time coming.

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What’s behind the slew of beauty brands exploring an IPO or sale?

Inside Retail

Rare Beauty and Merit Beauty both launched in the last five years, while Glossier and Kosas launched in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The people, the strategy, and the execution were planned from the beginning and timing was included,” she said. These companies were built with the end in mind.

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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. billion it outlaid for the chain in 2014 and its subsequent losses and restructuring costs.

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Is Woolworths leading industry change by not stocking Australia Day merch?

Inside Retail

The Woolworths Group are currently implementing their third Reconciliation Action Plan. In previous years, Aldi had offered Australian flag-themed accessories and apparel, including a controversial T-shirt in 2014 with the slogan “Australia est. 1788,” which was eventually recalled.

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Good, better, best: How Myer is winning during the ‘shift to thrift’

Inside Retail

Last month, the department store reported its highest interim profit since 2014. You’ll probably have to adjust margins to implement this model effectively, and it’s likely that the ‘better’ offer will end up being the largest seller, so plan your orders accordingly. And you’ll need a pre-planned mechanism to achieve that.