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

Inside Retail

After Lew’s Premier Investments acquired the Just Group, and with it Peter Alexander, he shut down the US stores in 2009, saying it “reflects the board’s commitment to take the decisions that are necessary to maximise returns for shareholders”. The post Can Premier replicate Smiggle’s UK success with pyjama brand Peter Alexander?

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“Doing nothing wasn’t an option”: M.J. Bale CEO Matt Jensen

Inside Retail

Bale in 2009, some of the challenges you faced from the outset, and how you got the business off the ground during those early stages? Matt Jensen: It was a difficult market environment when we launched back in September 2009, given it was the back end of the GFC. What are the brand’s plans in this space moving forward?

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XPO wins Tesco contract for chilled foods distribution

E Delevry

XPO Logistics has been awarded a multi-year contract by Tesco plc to manage Tesco’s chilled distribution to stores in the North West region in the UK. The two companies will also work together on developing a plan for a carbon-neutral or carbon-negative solution that supports Tesco’s sustainability objectives.

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How Maison Francis Kurkdjian built a brand around the Picasso of fragrance

Inside Retail

Born of a collaboration in 2009 between Marc Chaya and perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, Maison Francis Kurkdjian has become a major player in the luxe fragrance industry, and is sold across more than 700 locations worldwide. How would you describe the brand’s international growth strategy and what are your plans for the future?

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Meet rising star of the week: Kate Hall, Releaseit

Inside Retail

Working on custom projects for these retailers gave me the strategic foundations for my role as marketplace strategy manager at Releaseit. The key is authenticity, not greenwashing and I think the way to achieve this is to listen to your customers and to integrate sustainability goals into the core of your business strategy.

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The best career advice I ever received: Fanny Moizant, Vestiaire Collective

Inside Retail

From the early challenges of breaking into a highly competitive market to the strategies that have helped Vestiaire Collective thrive amidst a global pandemic, Moizant shares insights for aspiring entrepreneurs and industry leaders alike. And if you manage to fix that problem, then that’s a business.

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New store, new website, new vision: Here’s what’s next for Koskela

Inside Retail

We could have stayed, but going through Covid-19, and shifting the whole of the retail operation to an e-commerce strategy gave us the opportunity to get off that treadmill of having a seven-day-a-week physical retail space and to reimagine what a retail experience could be like. ST: We started in 2009. I think people really like that.

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