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Grosvenor appoints new Liverpool ONE lead

Retail Focus

Grosvenor owns 23% of Liverpool ONE via the Grosvenor Liverpool Fund, and also manages the destination on behalf of all investors. Since opening in 2008, the 1.65 Since 2008, through sensitive stewardship it has successfully integrated into the wider city centre whilst retaining its unique sense of place. . “As

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Parcel pivot: E-commerce boom behind Australia Post’s shock delivery plan

Inside Retail

Letter deliveries have fallen by two-thirds since 2008 alongside a massive e-commerce fuelled boom in package delivery. The changes will also allow Australia Post to manage priority mail, roughly 8 per cent of all letter traffic, differently to “deliver services at a more commercial rate,” the joint ministerial statement said.

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Can Premier replicate Smiggle’s UK success with pyjama brand Peter Alexander?

Inside Retail

This will be the first time Peter Alexander ventures outside of Australia and New Zealand since its failed entry into the US market in 2008. The pyjama brand and its mascot Penny are set to touchdown in the United Kingdom with two bricks-and-mortar stores and a dedicated UK website just in time for the Christmas shopping period this year.

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How 99 Bikes plans to return to profit with an electric-powered push

Inside Retail

A year later, Turner founded the Pedal Group, as a joint venture between the Turner family and Flight Centre in 2008. Pedal Group owns two separate businesses in the bicycle industry, 99 Bikes, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail operation, and Advance Traders, a bicycle wholesale business that the group acquired in July 2008. “At

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What to know about Woolworths’ appointment of its first female CEO in 100 years

Inside Retail

The appointment of Amanda Bardwell as Woolworths Group’s next managing director and CEO, effective September 1, marks a historic moment for the parent company of Woolworths Supermarkets and Big W, which reported nearly $65 billion in sales last financial year. She took on her most recent role, as the managing director of WooliesX, in 2017.

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Balenciaga designer, CEO apologise for ad campaign

Inside Retail

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. 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.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

BWX CEO departs amid flagging results By Dean Blake Global beauty and personal care business BWX’s group chief executive and managing director Rory Gration is departing the role after only 12 months, having served through a period which the business called “highly challenging and disruptive”.