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Poshmark to exit Australia to focus on core markets

Inside Retail

Founded in 2011, Poshmark is a social commerce marketplace where users can buy and sell new and secondhand fashion, home goods, and electronics. The California-based company was acquired by South Korean e-commerce company, Line’s parent Naver, for US$1.2 billion last year.

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Central Group snaps up KaDeWe’s remaining assets. What’s next?

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On the other hand, El Corte Inglés, which recently announced that it had growing top and bottom lines, decided to close off stores that it did not own to reduce rent pressure and avoid being dependent on third parties.”

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Kith Women Flagship in Soho combines walnut and pink marble

Dezeen

The inaugural Kith Women Flagship in Soho opened last December at 644 Broadway, the same historic landmark building where the brand debuted its Manhattan retail offering in 2011. Oak flooring is laid in a grid pattern transversed by walnut strips, and the darker wood also lines the fitting rooms.

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Abercrombie & Fitch reinvents Gilly Hicks as gender-inclusive Gen Z brand

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From its global reintroduction in 2017, to last year’s addition of our highly successful Gilly Go activewear line, to providing matching underwear, loungewear and activewear that can be worn by all genders – the brand has continued to evolve to best meet our customers’ needs,” she said. Image: Robert Stockdill.

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McLaren Automotive prepares for 100th global retail opening

Retail Focus

McLaren Automotive’s first retailer opened in the summer of 2011 and allowed customers and fans to discover the company’s first supercar, the 12C. Fittingly given the global reach of the brand and in line with the brand’s ambitious Horizon2030 business plan, McLaren will open its 100 th retailer in China later this year. “In

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How two sisters created Francesca Jewellery from a Tasmanian market stall

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A beading class in the rural town of Hawksnest, NSW, was the catalyst for sisters Rachel Vasieck and Hanna Vasieck to launch their on-trend designer jewellery label Francesca Jewellery in 2011. IR: What advice would you give someone who wants to get into your line of work? RV: Teach yourself everything.

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Kith creates "industrial ambiance" for its Williamsburg store

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These include a massive circular structure at the heart of the store that is covered with red brick on the outside and lined with white oak inside. A number of sloping arched voids in the structure have metal-lined undersides and provide an entryway on two sides and display cases for the brand's collection of sneakers on another. "We

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