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How Dubai sportswear giant GMG aims to crack the Southeast Asia market

Inside Retail

GMG is a Dubai-based company with distribution rights for more than 120 global brands in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and a portfolio of multi-brand retail chains across sports, food and beauty. Since entering Southeast Asia in 2020, GMG has opened 31 stores in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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What Rite Aid’s collapse reveals about the challenges of pharmacy retail

Inside Retail

Since filing for bankruptcy last week, pharmaceutical retail chain Rite Aid has received interim approval to access up to US$3.45 The fall of the pharmaceutical retail chain Rite Aid isn’t the only pharmaceutical retailer in the US that is facing financial challenges. These are the primary causes of its bankruptcy.”

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Most recently the chief commercial officer at Flybuys, Seymour-Walsh was reported to be responsible for the brand’s loyalty offer, which oversaw partner relationships, rewards, and digital marketing. Seymour-Walsh joins Cashrewards with a clear vision to better recognise and reward Australian shoppers.

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JYSK to open two new stores in Greater Manchester

Retail Focus

“We are thrilled to be opening two stores in Greater Manchester to make our affordable and much-loved furniture even more accessible in the North,” says Jenny Johnston, JYSK Sales and Marketing Manager, UK & Ireland.

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Rebel MD Gary Williams on taking experiential retail to the next level

Inside Retail

“I think this really takes us to another level, especially being in the sporting capital of Australia,” Gary Williams, Rebel’s managing director, told Inside Retail. The first RCX store, designed in partnership with Sydney-based retail agency The General Store, opened at Westfield Doncaster shopping centre in March 2020.

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Why a major rent reset didn’t occur following the Covid-19 pandemic

Inside Retail

There was a temporary panic, which enabled large retail chains to exert pressure on their landlords to drop rents or face store closures. Rental growth took a breather through 2020-21, without falling materially, and has since powered ahead in the past 18 months. That window opened and snapped shut quickly. Wrong again.

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Opinion: What if Coles had acquired Dan Murphy’s instead of Woolies?

Inside Retail

It is obviously impossible to say what might have happened had Coles Myer prevailed, particularly in respect of how it would have managed and developed the brand, compared with Woolworths’ approach. It is not possible to assess the 2020 strategy because Covid-19 flattered sales, lifting revenue by 6.5 per cent in FY21 and 13.6

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