Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

After almost 30 years in the retail industry, Officeworks general manager of merchandising Jim Berndelis has gained plenty of experience and life lessons. From there, I’ve worn many hats in our support office and in various roles across the merchandise function: from demand planning to buying to buying manager. JB: I love the garden!

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

In April, L’Occitane Group announced the appointment of Green Yip as regional managing director for travel retail Apac. Following my degree, I worked in marketing and banking for a short period, following which I joined DFS as a management trainee in Hong Kong. Key is to strive for a balance between the two.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Before joining New Zealand healthcare brand Comvita , Andy Chen worked in HR and project management at Walmart for 10 years. We recently sat down with him to learn about his career highlights, best leadership tips and how he approaches the work-life balance conundrum in this day and age. Stay hungry and then give it a try.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2023

Here, Morgan chats with Inside Retail about his corporate journey before starting TaskPod, what he loves about his job, the evolution of his work-life balance and what he gets up to in his free time. AM : The two biggest lessons I’ve learned are the importance of stakeholder management and trusting your team to deliver. AM: Yes, I do.

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RetailMinded

OCTOBER 13, 2023

From fostering a positive workplace culture to promoting work-life balance, these tips will help you create an environment where employees want to stay long-term. Implementing Flexible Work Schedules Enhancing work-life balance through flexible schedules is a great method to reduce employee turnover.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I remember telling my store manager I was going to head into the buying office and he said to me, ‘John I’ve known you for a few years now, and this’ll be the biggest mistake you ever make — you’re a store guy.’ This really helps me get another perspective which is great.

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VMS

APRIL 7, 2021

Our Designer Dozen winners are working hard to further innovation in retail design and visual merchandising and to help rethink retail at a time when fresh perspectives are needed most. It would be really cool to understand what the balance of information is right for an in-store environment to encourage burgeoning plant hoarders.

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