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Barnes & Noble CEO: “The big guys should be doing better”

Inside Retail

In 2011, Daunt was appointed managing director of then-struggling British bookstore chain Waterstones and was able to bring back the retailer from a point of near-closure through a series of marketing and store restructuring tactics. Jacono, made its debut this month and it melds a bookstore with a cafe and wine bar.

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Why Book Depository’s closure could be a “net benefit” for Australian booksellers

Inside Retail

Following the closure of Book Depository, Egan believes that the time is right for Australian bookstores to develop curated spaces and experiences, as a means of competing with online booksellers. She said that Australia has managed to avoid Amazon dominating the industry because the company joined the market at a later date.

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Is now the time to go direct to consumer?

Inside Retail

Founded in 2011, the razor brand was sold to Unilever in 2016 for $1 billion. Start with a curated range – you can always scale up via your own dedicated site later. DTC darlings. Some great examples of brands that have taken the bit between their teeth and gone down the DTC route include Dollar Shave Club. Where to start?

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How luxury travel brand Scott Dunn caters to ultra-high-net-worth customers

Inside Retail

We also often get requests from guests travelling to Europe to have experiences with expert art curators and academics accompanying them to cultural sites, like museums or archeological sites, to give them keen insights into the locations that they visit. We’ve done an exclusive after-hours private tour of the Louvre with an expert curator.

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Here’s why SA-based Sportitude won store design concept of the year

Inside Retail

Here, CEO Roumen Staykov and general manager Josh Willoughby discuss how the brand began, its expansion plans and how it’s become part of the Adelaide running community. In May 2011, we launched what was then called the SlashSportand month by month, it started to grow. Inside Retail : What’s the story behind Sportitude?

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