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Belles Hot Chicken talks crowdfunding campaign and global growth plans

Inside Retail

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. The full shareholder offer will become available once the EOI closes on November 13.

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Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing. Here’s what retailers can learn

Inside Retail

However, there are few examples of brands that have shown the ability to bounce back when things don’t go as planned. In another instance, in 2014, after Taylor pulled her music from Spotify, she risked being perceived as a greedy singer.

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Trillions in revenue and a million jobs: Unpacking JD.com’s 20-year roadmap

Inside Retail

In 2014, it formed a strategic partnership with Tencent, giving JD exclusive access to the tech giant’s WeChat and Mobile QQ platforms, and became China’s first major e-commerce company to list on the NASDAQ stock exchange. It’s a 20-year plan, which is likely to cover multiple economic cycles.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

Inside Retail

While the average store produced US$252 million in net sales in 2023, stores that were opened in 2014 or before generated an average of US$268 million. This one definitely mimics elements of Costco, and more are planned. Costco’s 2023: a mixed bag Net sales in fiscal 2023 increased 7 per cent to US$237.7

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EuroShop 2023 Preview

Retail Focus

The exhibitors in the Retail Technology dimension help to shape perspectives and future fields of retail through the driving force of intelligent technology. 2014 EuroConcept hosts new Lighting Designers zone. Shopping becomes an interactive high-tech experience. But classic retail technology is also developing rapidly.

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How Hue’s Nicole Clay is making the beauty industry more inclusive

Inside Retail

From a brand perspective, this process often leads interested shoppers away from retailers’ and brands’ e-commerce sites and slows down the shopping cycle. In 2014, Clay joined the L’Oréal family as a marketing assistant before building her way up to director of global business development at Kiehl’s over the next six years.

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The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated

Robinson Meyer

In the United States, the philosophy behind many of the most important progressive climate proposals of the past few years—such as the Green New Deal and Joe Biden’s climate plan—were premised on three ideas. First, each plan almost universally assumed that the American economy remained bruised from the Great Recession.

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