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How to recruit and retain the retail industry’s top talent according to experts

Inside Retail

At the World Retail Congress in Paris, industry executives and experts weighed in on a panel to advise retailers on the best strategies to improve employee retention, create jobs that meet needs and ensure effective management. We are terrible at explaining why retail is a great industry to work in… How do we make it more exciting?”

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Former Din Tai Fung operators fined $4 million for employment breaches

Inside Retail

The workers were mostly visa holders from Indonesia and China, mainly on student or employer-sponsored visas, and engaged in casual roles. The two companies deliberately underpaid 17 employees $157,025 under the Restaurant Industry Award 2010, as well as kept and provided false records to Fair Work inspectors.

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Leeds-based sign manufacturer The Sign Group™ takes significant step in net-zero journey to support contractor customers and retailers

Retail Focus

The Sign Group engaged CarbonQuota in July this year to conduct a full carbon footprint assessment of their operation, as part of the next step in their journey towards net-zero. The business is keen to demonstrate transparency, to work to successfully reduce their emissions and by doing so begin the journey to support clients.

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Business Growth through Digital Transformation: The Case of Premium and Luxury Brands

Retail Focus

Expert Manager at Univers Retail | Ephemeral Retailing Specialist | Published Author | Speaker In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of contemporary business, the concept of digital transformation has emerged as a pivotal force shaping industries and strategies at an unprecedented pace. Ghalia BOUSTANI.

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“I love the people focus”: Godiva’s Haley Koo on a career in retail

Inside Retail

As national retail manager at Godiva Australia, Haley Koo is involved in almost every touchpoint of the business, including new store openings, product development and packaging transformation. Haley Koo: In my six-year tenure at Godiva, I have moved from retail operations and store launch management to national retail manager.

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Prada hires former Luxottica chief Andrea Guerra as new CEO

Inside Retail

Reuters reported last week that the fashion group was set to hire Guerra in a top management role to ease the succession path of the Hong Kong-listed group founded in Milan in 1913 as a leather goods shop by designer Miuccia Prada’s grandfather and his brother. 26 by Prada Holding, which owns 80 per cent of Prada group.

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Corporate Australia takes Indigenous support into its own hands after poll defeat

Inside Retail

Australia’s biggest public company, miner BHP, which had campaigned for a Voice to parliament for four years before the referendum, would “continue to engage with traditional owners and Indigenous partners, employees and organisations to understand their priorities”, said Geraldine Slattery, the company’s Australia president.