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Victorian healthy cafe concept Green Cup speeds expansion

Inside Retail

Green Cup has opened its seventh store in Hawksburn Village as part of its Australian expansion plans. Green Cup’s story began in 2014 when it opened its doors in South Yarra. It combines luxurious features with raw materials such as wood, steel, concrete, and fibreglass to create a modern and sophisticated atmosphere.

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Belles Hot Chicken talks crowdfunding campaign and global growth plans

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Since launching in Melbourne in 2014, Belles Hot Chicken (Belles) has grown to six existing locations, including a new opening in Bondi, Sydney, a few weeks ago, and is now looking to raise between $1 million and $2 million to fund further expansion. National and international expansion.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

Inside Retail

Store growth for Costco going forward will be focused more away from the US than domestically because of decreasing opportunities for expansion at home. Newer stores are not as productive as older ones, indicating that the concept is approaching saturation or already there in the US and Canada, where Costco has most of its locations.

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Pushing the envelope: Memobottle to expand beyond water bottles

Inside Retail

It will soon move into tote bags, lunch boxes and coffee cups – and has plans for more products in the future. In order to fund its product-line expansion, the business has turned to equity crowdfunding on Birchal – and met its initial target in a little over three hours. This is our fifth crowdfunding campaign.

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Why so many global brands fail in Australia

Inside Retail

In other instances, the ventures’ failures had more to do with retail store concepts that simply didn’t work in Australia, poor market research and an attitude that Aussie consumers will buy ‘what we want to sell’ rather than asking what they would want to buy.

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Why Italian food hall brand Mercato Centrale is expanding to Melbourne

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Montano first opened Mercato Centrale in Florence in 2014, and since then, he has taken the concept to Rome, Turin and Milan. If it goes well, the pair plan to target Oceania and South Asia for further expansion. From Italy to Australia . People love the joy that food brings to them.”. A platform for artisans.

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Locals rebuff invaders: Inside Vietnam’s convenience stores war

Inside Retail

Figures from Euromonitor show that the number of convenience stores in Vietnam increased from just 565 in 2014 to 1289 by 2019 when revenues reached US$103 billion. Since the beginning of this year, the chain has opened 300 Winmart+ stores, with 800 more planned by the end of this year. A new Nova Market store: 450 planned initially.

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