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Balenciaga designer, CEO apologise for ad campaign

Inside Retail

One last month, advertising a gift collection, featured a handbag in the form of a stuffed teddy bear in bondage-style straps, held by children. A second, separate campaign for the label’s spring 2023 collection, set in an office, included papers featuring text from a 2008 Supreme Court ruling relating to child pornography.

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Aje Athletica launches flagship store in Westfield Sydney City

Inside Retail

The store features curved forms, inspired by the sculptures of Richard Serra and the space is dominated by earth tones, highlighted with metal and rock to create an organic feel. . Source: Supplied.

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Why the founder of Culture Kings wants retailers to sell with emotion and magic

Inside Retail

Culture Kings is an Australian retail phenomenon, what started as a Carrara market stall in 2008 evolved into an international retailer being listed on the stock exchange with a $600 million valuation.

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Proudfoot group passes £100,000 mark in charity donations

Talking Retail

The Proudfoot group, which operates four stores in the area, has given the money to more than 200 causes since the charity was formed in 2008. A Scarborough-based independent retail group has passed the £100,000 mark in its donations to Nisa’s registered charity, Making a Difference Locally (MADL).

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Reinvest and innovate: Key takeaways following Fenton & Fenton collapse

Inside Retail

If your product can be copied or emulated in some way, shape or form by a value player, it becomes harder to build your brand, and [strengthen] customer loyalty.” That wasn’t around when the brand started in 2008, or ten years later, but [this] competition certainly appeared during the Covid-19 period,” he said.

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Trillions in revenue and a million jobs: Unpacking JD.com’s 20-year roadmap

Inside Retail

The company began offering general merchandise in 2008, transforming JD from an electronics retailer to a full-fledged e-commerce platform, and launched an online marketplace platform in 2010. The cloud Charlie Dai, VP and research director at Forrester, believes that JD Cloud will be key to the company’s growth and success going forward. “

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David M Robinson (DMR), has reopened its Liverpool ONE flagship store to unveil its latest concept showroom

Retail Focus

DMR’s commitment to expand and launch its latest concept showroom is a milestone moment for both the Liverpool brand and the destination, where it has operated since Liverpool ONE’s launch in 2008.

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