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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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“Different journeys”: An inside look at Replay Jeans and Superdry

Inside Retail

It’s been in the market since 2008, and is well established. On a global level, the brand’s marketing strategy is tied to its collaborations with teams, individuals, and sports events. It’s incumbent upon us to implement its local strategy in a way that’s aligned to the global strategy. I’ll start with Superdry.

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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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Strategies To Align Workspace Design With Evolving Business Goals

All Work

This change does not have to result in more dense office space with smaller desks as we saw after the 2008 economic downturn. Chamblee, a growing municipality within the Big Peach metro, kicked off the implementation of its new master plan with the transformation of a 1964, 35,000-SF brick warehouse at 2135 American Industrial Way.

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How Kmart and Target CEO John Gualtieri stays on top of his game

Inside Retail

Over the years at Myer, I had a few different roles – planning, inventory, system implementations, running buying divisions and even overseeing new store formats. Then one day in 2008, I got a phone call from Kmart to see if I was interested in coming to look after their homewares business. The second phase was our growth phase.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Foot Locker hires first chief strategy and transformation officer. Specialty athletic retailer Foot Locker has named Neil Bansal as its first executive vice-president and chief strategy and transformation officer, effective 1 June. When I took this job in 2008, I hoped I would be in this role for five years.

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EuroShop 2023 Preview

Retail Focus

Retail Marketing, which encompasses both traditional and digital marketing strategies, will be featured in Halls 3 & 4. Connected Retail Stage This stage will focus on success strategies, trends in connected retail, and the opportunities offered by new technologies for seamlessly linking digital and stationary channels.