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Wesfarmers bid to pick up Priceline owner API in health play succeeds

Inside Retail

API had been locked in a tug of war between Wesfarmers and fellow pharmaceuticals firm Sigma, which made a bid at keeping Wesfarmers out of the health space , but ultimately stepped out of the contest over the weekend after the retail business upped its ownership of API to 19 per cent and said it would vote against Sigma’s deal.

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Aspirational marketing will always exist – and personally, I like it that way

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Cult Beauty in the UK also did it. Yes, it’s heartening to see brands stepping up and challenging the beauty industry’s status quo, and it’s a positive step towards promoting inclusivity and diversity in advertising. And how are brands striking a balance between what is perceived as real and what is revered?

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Wellness booms and so does the share price of pharmaceutical retailers

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Wellness has become a priority for people in the wake of the pandemic as evidenced by the surge in demand for health and well-being products, which is projected to reach $5.2 Priceline is another Australian pharmacy that has increased its foothold in the beauty and wellness space under the ownership of retail conglomerate Wesfarmers.

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From Saks to start-up: How this brand founder aims to change women’s health

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Those experiences ultimately her to launch Elix Healing, the first menstrual wellness brand to combine Chinese medicine and clinical research for personalised herbal treatments for women’s hormonal health. I was deeply frustrated by the lack of options to naturally heal our hormonal health.

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How fast-growing retailer GoodnessMe is leading the health food space

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In 2020, health and wellness business GoodnessMe launched its online marketplace, offering Australians a range of healthy, nutritious food and organic beauty products from the comfort of their own home. During that experience, she discovered there was a limited product range available at supermarkets. You are what you eat.

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Workwear brand TradeMutt helps tradies deal with mental health

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Recent studies revealed that tradies are struggling with their mental health with the suicide rate among young tradies is more than double that of other men. Over time, with a continual poor work/life balance, men start to feel burnt out and disconnected from their friends, their families and even themselves. “On

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Wesfarmers makes $687 million bid at picking up Priceline

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Wesfarmers managing director Rob Scott said the acquisition would also enable the conglomerate to enter the “growing health, wellbeing and beauty sector”. API would form the basis of a new healthcare division of Wesfarmers and a base from which to invest and develop capabilities in the health and wellbeing sector,” Scott said.