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LSKD appoints first chief retail officer as part of its “audacious” growth plan

Inside Retail

Australian athleisure brand LSKD has appointed its first chief retail officer, the former director of retail for Lululemon ANZ Alex Shaughnessy, as part of its strategy to become a world-class retailer. Part of this expansion strategy is to give LSKD customers the ability to shop directly with the brand. “We

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Red Sparrow Pizza expands into franchising with DC Strategy

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The Melbourne-based business has announced plans to expand its fledgling vegan pizza chain further across its home city and into Sydney, Brisbane and Byron Bay. Earlier this year, Red Sparrow Pizza partnered with DC Strategy to bring their franchise goals to life. million Australians subscribe to vegetarian diets.

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Adore Beauty CEO Tamalin Morton to step down

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. “As CEO, Tamalin has done an excellent job delivering Adore Beauty’s financial and operational successes and developing the strategic plan. There has also been significant progression of the strategy, including increasing brand awareness, launching a subscription service, developing our retail media proposition and mobile app growth.”

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Can Allbirds make a comeback with a new CEO and transformation plan?

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In a call with analysts on March 12, Zwillinger stated that the company plans to close between 10 and 15 underperforming US stores in 2024, about a third of its total number. Allbirds went from having 22 brick-and-mortar global stores in 2020, to 35 in 2022, before rapidly ending up with 58 locations by the end of 2022.

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Inside Designworks’ four-pronged expansion strategy

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According to Norton, Designwoks plans to expand in four key areas. However, Norton is buoyed by what she expects to be a huge back-to-school period, which is expected to be uninterrupted for the first time since early 2020. The post Inside Designworks’ four-pronged expansion strategy appeared first on Inside Retail.

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“We felt we had to do something quite radical”: Pandora’s SVP of sustainability

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The world’s largest jewellery brand Pandora is placing sustainability at the cornerstone of its ‘Phoenix’ growth strategy and even tying bonuses for top management to environmental targets to incentivise progress. If you rewind to 2020/21, the company was in the middle of overhauling the business strategy and setting out a growth strategy.

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Opinion: Why foresight is the future of marketing strategy

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By using future-focused insights, retailing marketers can evolve their strategies to stay abreast of change. The campaign won the Grand Effie in 2020, showing how cultural insight can launch resonant ideas attuned to the zeitgeist. Knowledge alone isn’t enough; future preparedness is predicated on strategic plans.

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