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Reinvest and innovate: Key takeaways following Fenton & Fenton collapse

Inside Retail

This collapse follows the demise of Australian furniture brand Brosa late last year – which cited declining sales and cash flow pressures – as well as heightened challenges faced by small-to-medium sized retailers that are struggling to cope with rising costs, and a slowdown in foot traffic and consumer activity.

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Last roll of the dice: How tax cuts could help stave off retail failures

Inside Retail

That level of business closures was the highest for any year since the global financial crisis in 2008. Then along came the pandemic that saw 11,224 businesses, a large number of which were retailers, close their doors according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The Covid days of largesse and leniency are well over.

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Camilla CEO: ‘I definitely didn’t have a grand career master plan’

Inside Retail

I actually remember doing my homework in the staff canteen above the Boots store in Guilford in the UK, and having all these people walk past talking about space optimisation and sales per square foot, and that was all much more fascinating than my biology homework. As a side note, it also gave me a good introduction to the world of retail.

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Pianca introduces echoes of nature into their new furniture for Milan Design Week 2021

Design Wanted

The new collections reflect the company’s mission to create living spaces that transform and evolve , bringing with them signs of new styles, times and meanings. The curves created using a sequence of wooden rods define the space. All the while cherishing and preserving a reassuring intimacy.

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“It’s the right time to open some stores”: Ksubi CEO Craig King

Inside Retail

But when you’re growing a business, particularly an international fashion business, it’s particularly heavy on resources and cash flow. In 2008, they actually went into administration. We had more than 700 people here in our office, which is quite modular and can transition into an entertainment space or a gallery space.

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Innovative Property Management Tips, Tricks, and Solutions

Parcel Pending

Through innovative technologies and improvements to property management software , property managers are able to provide better service to their residents, improve the flow of communication, increase property and personal security, and improve marketing to potential residents. A central theme to these innovative solutions?

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Why Europe Can’t Kick Russian Gas

Robinson Meyer

You don’t need too much imagination to assume that if a major conflict happens in and around Ukraine, like, the flow of gas could be interrupted through Ukraine. has never been able to get the Europeans on board with sanctions that affect existing flows from Russia. But the role of Ukraine is smaller today than it was in the late ’90s.

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