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Retail Food Group settles class action filed by former franchisees

Inside Retail

Headquartered in Queensland, RFG is a multi-brand retail food franchise manager, with brands including Gloria Jean’s, Donut King, Brumby’s Bakery, Michel’s Patisserie, Crust Gourmet Pizza and Beefy’s Pies. The company affirmed this move has no impact on its annual financial results.

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Good360 gets $3 million grant: How it will connect retail, charity and community

Inside Retail

Requests to Good360 from charities increased by 400 per cent at the start of the year, compared to the same period in 2023,” Alison Covington, founder and managing director, of Good360 Australia, told Inside Retail. In 2013, Covington immersed herself in the US business, before bringing the model to Australia in 2015.

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TAG Heuer Launches First Independent Boutique in Birmingham’s Bullring

Retail Focus

The boutique, located on level seven of the Bullring, offers a range of TAG Heuer’s renowned heritage timepieces, including the Carrera, which marks its 60th anniversary this year, and the TAG Heuer Connected, a trailblazer in the luxury connected watch sector since 2015.

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Analysis: Should Macy’s accept its $8.8 billion acquisition offer

Inside Retail

billion acquisition offer from an investor group composed of Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital. As Neil Saunders, managing director and retail analyst at GlobalData, noted, “While this would be lucrative for investors, it would not, in our opinion, bode well for the future of Macy’s. How did Macy’s get to this point?

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Retail appointments for the week

Inside Retail

Former Topman managing director joins BooHoo. BooHoo Group has appointed Mitch Hughes as the new managing director of its newly acquired Arcadia Group brands Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, and Burton. Hughes, Topman’s former MD, joined Arcadia in 2015 as the buying director of Burton. He joined BooHoo last month.

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How Burberry’s new leadership duo can reignite the luxury brand’s spark

Inside Retail

Burberry has lagged competitors like Gucci, Prada and Loewe in creating a sharp brand in recent years and Lee will play an “important part in re-igniting interest”, said Mario Ortelli, managing partner at advisory firm Ortelli&Co.

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Stuart and Zapiet join forces to streamline delivery for Shopify merchants

Retail Times

Europe’s leading last-mile technology logistics company, Stuart, has partnered with Zapiet, the Shopify app developer of delivery and order management solutions. The partnership will support instant and scheduled from store deliveries, improving the overall experience for both e-commerce businesses and consumers.