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Customer experience innovations for 2017

Barber Design

We’d really like to put it all behind us by taking a look at some of the big customer experience innovations in store for retailers in 2017. In 2017 – as the Internet of Things (IOT) grows more pervasive – these interactive displays will become commonplace and will work even harder to engage with customers.

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Naked Brands divests lingerie brand Bendon for $1

Inside Retail

“With available cash of $270 million, a clean balance sheet with no debt and a re-invigorated management team and board of directors, I could not be more excited to execute on our business strategy to ultimately drive revenue growth with positive free cash flow,” said Davis-Rice.

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Mastercard faces court over anti-competitive deals with major retailers

Inside Retail

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says the financial services giant has been engaging in anticompetitive conduct since 2017 in the supply of debit card acceptance services, with the purpose of substantially lessening competition.

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Too big to be small: Why retailers like Brosa struggle post-Covid

Inside Retail

Brosa attracted $5 million in Series B funding in 2017. It expanded from e-commerce – opening stores in Melbourne and Sydney in 2017 an d 2020 – invested in its technology capabilities, and strengthened its supply chain over the last few years.

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Why Premier Retail is well-positioned for further acquisition opportunities

Inside Retail

Earnings are more than double the 2019 result at $48 million, largely courtesy of the retailer’s move to reduce floor space and close stores, which has had a flow-on effect on inventory levels, staffing and other operating costs. stake in the retailer in March 2017 for $101 million only to see the share price collapse within weeks.

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‘We were on a knife’s edge’: Greenlit Brands’ Michael Ford talks turnaround

Inside Retail

If you manage that efficiently, it can be cash flow positive, and we’ve found ourselves in that situation.”. All four brands are cash flow positive and profitable, Ford said. Group profit was up 39 per cent in FY21 on revenues with written sales of approximately $1.5 Across the group, this figure is over 20 per cent.

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Pierre Yovanovitch opens design gallery in New York City penthouse

Dezeen

Having worked on residential projects in the US since the beginning of my practice in 2001 and with two successful furniture collection debuts (2017 and 2019) in New York, the opening of my first gallery space in America and new official New York headquarters, is a long-awaited realization for me," said Yovanovitch.

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