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Ginger & Smart enters Saks after wowing at Fashion Week

Inside Retail

Australian luxury fashion label Ginger & Smart is spreading its wings to the US next month, when it enters high-end department store Saks Fifth Avenue off the back of its show at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW) in June. Saks is just the beginning of overseas expansion for Ginger & Smart. Beyond surf and swim.

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“Makes sense on paper”: Premier backs spinoff, but analysts have doubts

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Solomon Lew’s plan to spin off Premier Retail into individual business units, announced in August, appears to be moving full steam ahead, as kids’ stationery brand Smiggle and sleepwear brand Peter Alexander investigate potential international expansions. We’ve got businesses in Singapore, and Thailand.

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Inside Shinsegae: The Korean department store with a golden boot

Inside Retail

Shinsegae — one of the Big 3 of Korean department store retailing along with Lotte and Hyundai — has continued its great form right through into the second half of the year, helped by the removal of the country’s remaining pandemic restrictions and an increasingly buoyant mood among the country’s more affluent consumers. Going mega.

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Global luxury brands find safer passage into India’s premium retail market

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Swiss purveyor of luxury chocolates, Laderach; renowned French retailer, Galeries Lafayette; the Spanish fashion powerhouse, Balenciaga; the Swiss emporium for multi-brand watches and jewellery, TimeVallee; and the Dutch haircare salon brand, Keune, are amongst the esteemed names set to establish their presence in India in the months ahead.

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How US Polo Assn blends sport and retail to drive billions in global sales

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billion in global retail sales in 2023 , US Polo Assn, the official brand of the United States Polo Association, is reaping the rewards of its strategic expansion across continents, robust digital presence and investment in forging key partnerships. With a resounding $2.4

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Mukesh Valiram talks gamification and growth opportunities for MLB in Asia

Inside Retail

The brand offers good quality and on-trend lifestyle fashion that caters to a broad audience. Valiram added that the company’s initial results in the region have been consistent with its sales projections. They are now part of the fashion world. MLB offers a wide variety of categories from shoes, bags, apparels to accessories.

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Rising sales and customer searches: Has Glossier made a comeback?

Inside Retail

In the book, Meltzer, a New York-based journalist and author who has been covering the beauty and fashion industry for almost two decades, explores the origin and evolution of the viral beauty brand. Glossier has since revealed that the brand is on track to make $100 million in sales in its first year at Sephora. (It