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Australian skincare brand Grown Alchemist expands into China 

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The space offered a range of cruelty-free products through three touch points – Health, Function, and Beauty. The experience retail space features custom graffiti by Chinese graffiti artist WHYY. Marking its China launch, Grown Alchemist has opened a five-day pop-up store in the Changning District of Shanghai.

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ACCC to conduct enquiry on Australian supermarkets’ pricing and competition

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The ACCC will examine competition in the supermarket sector and how it has evolved since the previous inquiry in 2008. The investigation will include the pricing practices of the supermarkets and the relationship between wholesale – including farmgate and retail prices.

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US furniture chain Blu Dot opens its doors in Melbourne

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The launch marks the brand’s second brick-and-mortar store in the country and 17th worldwide since its establishment in 2008. The store’s ground floor maximises natural light and offers vibrancy from a “vast street presence”, while bespoke joinery and floating screens provide dimension and intimacy to the raw loft-like space.

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Qantas sells Helloworld travel agency stake

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Since 2008, the national carrier had held a stake in the travel agency when it was spun off as a merger of Qantas Holidays and Jetset Travel. Qantas has sold its remaining 12.4 per cent stake in travel agency Helloworld for $33 million. Qantas subsidiary QH Tours sold the shares at $1.71 each on Tuesday night.

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Linehouse designs space-themed cafe in Shanghai for creator of "Australia's most Instagrammed dessert"

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Design studio Linehouse combined stainless steel and meteorites to create a space -themed cafe in central Shanghai as Australian chain Black Star Pastry's first Chinese outpost. Shanghai-based Linehouse designed the space to evoke the feeling of being in space. A terrazzo staircase leads guests upstairs to a dining space.

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Aje Athletica launches flagship store in Westfield Sydney City

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

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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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