Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I was part of the set-up team that launched Officeworks into the New South Wales market. Playing a part in Officeworks’ success story in the early days was pretty special, and being promoted to a buyer in the merchandise function early in my career was a pivotal moment for me. At the time, there were only four stores in Australia.

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

Today, the US is its largest market. Despite our business continuing to grow robustly in our UK home market, the US is now our largest customer market and is growing rapidly, so we are excited to continue building on that momentum. IR : What is your approach to work/life balance?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2023

Here, we chat with Mud Australia’s founder, designer and CEO Shelley Simpson about work-life balance, why the business has invested in the Headspace app, monthly massages on-site and green breakout spaces, and how her wheaten terrier, Molly, helps her to switch off. Inside Retail : What does a typical day look like?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

She brings over 20 years of global PR and marketing communications experience across Asia, the US and Europe. We’re also taking the lead on committing to a more eco-friendly delivery process from promoting sustainable packaging, to mitigating food insecurity and hunger, to deploying more electric vehicles.

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Retailing Insight

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

AT-HOME” ECONOMY REMAINS Home improvement, hobbies, cooking, binge-watching, and online shopping will continue to trend in 2022. Those who are going back to work have found the need for the time at home to balance out dealing with larger numbers of people and the commute to work.

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Design Wanted

JULY 2, 2021

I’m saying informally because I was still a teenager at that time, who struggled in school and was building digital things as a freelancing hobby. At 15 years old, I found myself helping my parents and other small local businesses with their company websites as well as doing digital marketing for them.

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