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Aesop CEO Michael O’Keeffe to depart after more than 20 years

Inside Retail

Brazilian company Natura & Co acquired a 65 per cent interest in the brand in 2012 for US$71.6 Under O’Keeffe’s leadership, Aesop’s sales surged more than 300 times, secured a B Corp certification, and established the Aesop Foundation. Aesop was founded by Melbourne hairdresser Dennis Paphitis in 1987.

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How Parachute’s consistent marketing and quality designs won over millennials

Inside Retail

While helping her friends decorate their first apartments in New York back in 2012, Kaye began to explore the different home goods brands that were out there and saw that there was a much left to be desired design-wise.

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“We’re not proud of the controversy”: Wolff Olins on London 2012 ten years later

Design Week

Just before Wolff Olins launched its brand for the London 2012 Olympics, the studio refreshed its website in anticipation of a “a little bit of traffic”, recalls global CEO Sairah Ashman. The consultancy had perhaps underestimated the amount of attention it was about to receive –? within half an hour, its website crashed.

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Michel’s brand to be axed

Inside Retail

Five years ago a Queensland court ruled RFG had breached Australian Consumer Law, successfully finding in favour of the franchisees claim they were misled in 2012 over quality and supplier agreements. In 2015 the franchisor switched from supplying fresh cakes to frozen and there was a decline in product quality.

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Piccolo Me appoints new group GM

Inside Retail

Brothers Charlie Hachem and Roy El Hachem founded the Piccolo brand in 2012. Most recently Ciantar was a senior executive at consultancy firm Franchise Ready. He is charged with propelling Piccolo Me’s national and international expansion.

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Ethical fashion label Arnsdorf closes

Inside Retail

Arnott temporarily closed the company in 2012 and relaunched it in 2016. . “My energy is being directed to other places and it’s time to make space in my life for this.” ” Arnott founded Arnsdorf in 2006 and established a following across Australia, North America, and Europe.

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Best & Less CEO Rodney Orrock steps aside on medical leave

Inside Retail

Murray served as the group’s MD between 2012 and 2018 and again from 2019 to 2021. “We are supportive of Rod’s decision to take a period of medical leave and we wish him all the best with his treatment and recovery.”. Prior to BLG, he was CEO and MD at Just Group.

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