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What it takes for emerging designers to break into Australia’s fashion industry

Inside Retail

While established fashion brands are attempting to find solid ground in the current economic downturn, a new guard of Australian designers are trying to get their foot in the door. Fashion is an industry that worships breakthrough talent but gaining access to the necessary resources to innovate and disrupt is half the battle.

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Super Retail Group names Fonterra’s global markets CEO as chair

Inside Retail

Swales currently serves Super Retail Group’s non-executive director and CEO of Fonterra’s global markets. “After announcing my intention to stand down from the board at the end of my term this year, we commenced a comprehensive search as part of our succession planning processes,” said Pitkin.

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Australian Retail Outlook 2023: Paradigm shifts and fresh perspectives

Inside Retail

Jana Bowden, professor of marketing at Macquarie Business School, aptly summarised these developments, noting that the cost of shipping goods to Australia had increased by up to 700 percent, ordering times had tripled and most have had to pay earlier for their orders. More than ever, it is a time for new perspectives and fresh approaches.

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Why Shona Joy is filling in the missing piece of the circular fashion puzzle

Inside Retail

The term “circular fashion” serves as both a challenge to the fashion industry’s traditional model of take-make-waste and a solution to its environmental impact. But while luxury fashion houses are well-versed in repairs, discussions around circular fashion for premium brands are often limited to rental and resale marketplaces.

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What’s behind the re-emergence of teen fashion brand Pavement?

Inside Retail

In 2020, Australian teen fashion brand Pavement joined a large list of retailers that entered voluntary administration, citing the Covid-19 pandemic as a major factor contributing to their exit from the retail landscape. Are there plans for expansion beyond this partnership? IR: How significant will Pavement’s presence be across Big W?

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Same prints, new look: Inside Laura Ashley’s fashion-forward comeback plan

Inside Retail

One of the things that I think is really interesting and exciting about Laura Ashley as a brand, especially in the fashion space, is there’s a timeless element to our designs,” he said, noting that vintage Laura Ashley dresses often sell for “thousands of pounds” on eBay. We know consumers want it.

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Australian fashion brands seek supply-chain sovereignty

Inside Retail

Williams shared plans to expand its Adelaide workshop following the launch of its ‘Crafted in Australia’ collection. Onshore attraction Sustainability and circularity are no longer mere buzzwords in the fashion community, and are increasingly seen as mandatory for business success. per cent of fashion shoppers look for Australian made.

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