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“Our mission is to make retail fair”: Wolf & Badger CEO George Graham

Inside Retail

The UK-based online platform for independent and ethical brands Wolf & Badger opened its first bricks-and-mortar location in London in 2010, before adding stores in New York in 2017 and Los Angeles in 2022. Today, the US is its largest market. What shifts do you wish to see in the industry moving forward?

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Overseas expansion is risky, but these Aussie retailers are doing it anyway

Inside Retail

Enhanced market analysis and management tools generated by new technology and the attraction of international customers from online platforms are no doubt key factors. However, another driver has been the imperative to respond to the erosion of market share by international retail brands that have entered the Australian market.

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Sport and retail: How brands can leverage the buzz around the Matilda’s

Inside Retail

This can be seen in the countless marketing campaigns that were launched in the leadup to the Barbie movie, which stimulated huge activity for hundreds of brands. According to 2010 World Bank data, total household expenditure by emerging economies on sport amounted to over $38 billion.

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Delivery management platform, Scurri, announces strategic UK hires to accelerate expansion

Retail Focus

Following its launch in 2010, Scurri has grown to a business that processed over €10bn worth of global shipments in 2022, with €15.3million investment raised to date from private angel investors, institutional VC investors and the Irish Government development fund, Enterprise Ireland.

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How Microsoft Vendors Are Shaping the Shopping Experience

Retail Focus

With a market cap of $2.1 The company has been able to reach this impressive market position thanks to consistently releasing industry-leading operating systems, server applications, productivity applications, software development tools, games consoles, and more. Then a Microsoft Vendor is exactly what you need.

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Analysis: What’s changed since the Farfetch-YNAP deal was first announced

Inside Retail

per cent take in the Richemont-owned luxury fashion e-commerce company Yoox Net-A-Porter, was approved by the European Union, seven months after the UK Competition and Markets Authority gave its stamp of approval, and over one year after the deal was first announced in August 2022. This week, Farfetch’s proposed acquisition of a 47.5

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“Building a brand from the ground up”: Inside LSKD’s San Diego expansion

Inside Retail

Sportswear retailer LSKD has been expanding rapidly throughout Australia in recent years, and has now set its sights on a bigger market: the US. We didn’t plan on opening an office, but our first US team member has been here for almost two years. JD: We don’t have any concrete plans yet, but we will.

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