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Balenciaga designer, CEO apologise for ad campaign

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French fashion house Balenciaga’s creative director and chief executive officer both apologised Friday for an advertising campaign that sparked criticism on social media over accusations that it featured inappropriate imagery involving children.

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Social creatures: How Alya Skin built their brand on Instagram

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Since launching Alya Skin in 2018, Manny Barbas and James Hachem have leveraged the power of social media to bring their brand to the world. Here, the founders share their social media secrets and the new platforms that are proving fruitful for the brand. Our database has since continued to grow and grow over the years.

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First impressions count: why cardboard packaging has a big future in retail

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Over the past few years, there has been a dramatic increase in live streamers and individuals alike recording or broadcasting the unboxing experience of online purchases and sharing the excitement of their purchase on social media. “It Get it right, and it is effectively free advertising that money cannot buy.”

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Is Jim’s Beauty set to flop like Harley-Davidson perfume – or could it be branding genius?

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It isn’t a joke, although it has been greeted on social media as one, and was once the plot of a TV comedy sketch. Away from their physical stores, they are offering telehealth , insurance , mobile phone plans , gift cards , and deliveries at work. per cent and Woolworths 7.8 per cent over the past year.

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Bunnings axes the catalogue, but has it made a huge mistake?

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Following this review, we’ve decided to move to a fully digital version of the catalogue in both Australia and New Zealand, which will kick off with a Christmas gift guide special ahead of the festive season,” Tucker reportedly wrote in a letter to suppliers. “We

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As France weighs fast-fashion ban, is the circular economy the future of retail?

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Key measures include a ban on advertising for cheap textiles and an environmental charge on low-cost items. But, with an aggressive spend on social media, they are hard to ignore. This week, France announced legislation to “limit the excesses of ultra-fast fashion”.

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Retail appointments of the week

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GameStop was at the heart of a meme-stock trading phenomenon in 2021, when retail investors banded together on social media forums to punish hedge funds that had bet against the stocks. Australian gift-delivery retailer LVLY names new CEO. Taco Bell pinches Amazon’s head of advertising. I certainly can’t wait.”.

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