Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

L’Occitane purchased Dr Vranjes Firenze in January this year for a reported US$164 million, or approximately 12 times its core earnings, from Bluegum Capital Partners, a European private equity fund that specialises in consumer brands. L’Occitane also acquired a 50 per cent stake in Singaporean skincare brand Erborian in 2012.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2022

How involved will Anchorage be in the management of David Jones going forward? On its first day of ownership, Anchorage immediately approved the acquisition of Shoes & Sox, a children’s footwear chain that the Brand Collective management team had long been eyeing, and the rollout of a new backend ERP system. Cautionary tale.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

Anchorage struck gold with the $20 million acquisition of the Dick Smith consumer electronics chain from Woolworths Group in November 2012. Woolworths had written off more than $420 million restructuring the business, which was Australia’s largest consumer electronics chain by store count.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 10, 2021

Fast forward to today and the recommerce market is booming, thanks to a generational mindset shift combined with changes wrought by the global health pandemic that are driving consumers to adopt more sustainable shopping habits. The consumer love affair with recommerce. Especially if their living spaces are constrained.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2021

The proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and the UK, announced this week, is set to benefit consumers and exporters on both sides, albeit weighted in favour of the British. Stephen Jones, Somerdale International’s managing director, believes the deal will provide a further boost to sales. Somerdale British cheeses.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The deal marked an enormous increase in the brand’s valuation since Brazil’s Natura & Co purchased a 65 per cent stake in Aesop for about $70 million in 2012, signalling its unparalleled standing as a category leader. As consumers have tightened their wallets, they have become more selective.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

7-Eleven names new general manager of channel. Fiona Hayes (pictured) has been appointed 7-Eleven’s general manager of channel, following almost three decades at Telstra. Du Retail joined L’Oreal France in 1996 and has worked in a variety of fields, including management, operations, finance, and e-commerce.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Abloh trained as an architect and engineer in his early life, and transitioned to designing clothes in 2012. SurfStitch managing director Justin Hillberg steps down. Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018.

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2023

Born between 1995 and 2012, these consumers have grown up with the internet, social media, and influencers, and, by and large, they want different things from brands and businesses than older generations. The brand’s marketing manager, Madeline Youngman, is part of Gen Z and “lives and breathes TikTok.”

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2024

In 2012 Fraser became the president of Marc Jacobs after over 13 years in the business before leaving to become the CEO of Anne Klein in 2015. Prior to joining the c-suite Fraser started her distinguished career in luxury retail apparel and fashion as a merchandising manager for Calvin Klein.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

She volunteered at the 2005 Singapore Olympic Congress and Team Singapore activities at the 2012 London Olympics. Evelyn Tay: I manage all aspects of communications, government, and public affairs, as well as sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes across Asia at Foodpanda.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2023

For anyone, anywhere According to Amanda Gilmore, Peloton Australia’s country manager, the company has always recognised that customers value the convenience of Peloton and the access it gives them to live, on-demand fitness content. According to Gilmore, the company is well-positioned to keep up with changing consumer behaviour.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2022

From $300 bucket hats to $900 sneakers and $700 t-shirts, the high-flying luxury sector is fretting over the appetite among financially stretched Gen Z consumers for such “aspirational” purchases. “In the U.S., Plan B for Gen Z?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

We recently sat down with David Sylvester, the executive vice president of global retail at Las Vegas Sands Corporation, for his thoughts on his career thus far and how he keeps himself grounded while at the same time managing a dizzying array of responsibilities. Inside Retail: Tell me about your career journey.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Officeworks’ managing director Sarah Hunter said she was delighted to welcome Busse to the business at what is a very exciting time for the business and its growing technology team. Murray was the group’s MD from 2012 to 2018 and from 2019 to 2021. Prior to joining Best & Less, he served as CEO and MD of Just Group.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2024

Of Chipotle’s current workers, roughly 73 per cent fall within the Gen Z age range (those born between 1997 and 2012), a generation of employees that has specific concerns. However, that raises the question: At what point do AI and technological automation stop helping service workers and begin to replace them entirely?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Launched back in 2012 by Griffiths and co-founders Jehan Ratnatunga and Danny Alexander, Who Gives a Crap first got off the ground after a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo — a campaign that saw Griffiths himself perched on a toilet for 50 hours , until the business hit its minimum target.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2012, meal kits entered the US with Blue Apron, Hello Fresh and Home Chef. According to a report from Numerator, there’s been some evolution in the consumers of meal kits too, from an initially affluent urban older Millennial profile to a broader base with a recently estimated two-thirds of buyers being Millennials and Generation Xers.

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Retailing Insight

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

How Can You Bring Consumer Interest in Longevity Into Your Own Business? Forbes Magazine stated, “A desire to help the environment was found to be the primary reason consumers purchase sustainable products and brands. We’ll talk more about Gen Z consumers below. But there is more to know about Gen Z consumers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Her achievements in business have seen her named the 2012 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year and the winner of 2007 Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. We had to manage panic buying; all of a sudden we were increasing sales by 50 per cent in the next month. On Covid-19 impact. “I

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Her achievements in business have seen her named the 2012 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year and the winner of 2007 Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. We had to manage panic buying; all of a sudden we were increasing sales by 50 per cent in the next month. On Covid-19 impact. “I

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Global Shop

JUNE 30, 2023

The company persevered and is once again enjoying steady growth thanks to diversifying their product lines, an upsurge in government contracts, and upgrading their business management system to Global Shop Solutions ERP software. Previously we manually tracked all job data on Excel spreadsheets, a time-consuming and error-prone process.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

APRIL 22, 2021

Despite those headwinds, today the Supreme Court unanimously held in a highly-anticipated case, AMG Capital Management, LLC v. AMG Capital Management was a short-term payday loans company, one of many controlled by Scott Tucker. of the strongest tool [it] had to help consumers when they need it most.”

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Makro, the biggest cash-and-carry operator in Southeast Asia, was already something of a beast in wholesale and retail terms: it operated 154 warehouse-style units with an average size of just under 5,400sqm, selling to both retailers and end consumers in major cities and secondary locations, mostly in Thailand and Malaysia.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2023

From a shampoo bar made in a New Zealand kitchen in 2012 to an international, values-led business, Ethique has championed climate friendly values from the very beginning. It’s good to see that the shampoo and conditioner bar segment as a whole is growing quite dramatically, it’s really showing that consumer demand.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2022

Pop Mart, which describes itself as an “art toy store”, might seem an unusual concept to a Western consumer. Around 2012, Wang had already recognised the popularity of toys in his stores. Merchandise is curated for each region as the retailer adapts its offer to suit local consumer preferences. The merchandise and the market.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

As the quality of living and workers’ wages reached new heights, Western brands spotted a golden opportunity and raced to set up shop in the East to reach China’s 1 billion consumers (and counting). Founded in 2012, lingerie label Neiwai (meaning ‘inside and outside’) is another direct-to-consumer label that began online.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2021

BridgerPay, payment operations software that boosts online businesses’ payments capabilities with a single API, and a unique admin interface to manage all transactions, has announced it has partnered with Zalora, Asia’s online fashion and lifestyle destination. For further information, please contact: Ira RoslanCluster PR Manager, Zalora.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Alquemie Group, which operates Ginger & Smart, Surfstitch and AG Lego certified stores in Australia and New Zealand, has recently appointed Kerry Cusack as managing director of vertical brands [pictured, right]. Prior to that, she was general manager of PAS Group’s Bondi Bather and Jets Swimwear. She joined Alquemie last month.

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Parcel Pending

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Find out how to increase convenience store sales with these 10 strategies: #1 Focus on the Customer Experience The pandemic taught consumers how to “get in and out” quickly from retail stores – in essence, the DNA of a convenience store. Of those born between 1997 and 2012, 62% have tried a new beverage during the past month.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

Harvard consumer researcher Professor Susan Fournier would say that our brands are akin to our best friends, acquaintances, lovers, and dalliances. I’m being increasingly guided by socials, following influencers, and I am also being influenced by other consumers online, whom I perceive to be ‘just like me’. We like familiarity.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Brianne West founded zero-waste beauty and lifestyle brand Ethique in her kitchen in Christchurch back in 2012, while completing her science degree. However, she is glad to see more sustainable choices on the market for consumers regardless. Typically it’s very hard to create mass behaviour change.

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Compliantia

MAY 31, 2021

Lawsuits aren’t just stressful and time consuming, they’re notoriously expensive. In 2012, Costco faced a gender discrimination class action lawsuit when 700 female employees claimed that the retailer’s promotion practices discriminated against women. Getting sued is a retailer’s worst nightmare. Let’s dive in.

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VMS

APRIL 7, 2021

That’s why in 2012 we created VMSD’s annual Designer Dozen awards program to recognize retail’s rising stars, ages 35 and under, who are making their mark on an industry that is poised on the cusp of reinvention. Most days I’m consumed with space planning or reviewing drawings. Age: 29 | Senior Design Manager, WD Partners.

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