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How 99 Bikes plans to return to profit with an electric-powered push

Inside Retail

Australian specialty retailer 99 Bikes has announced its B Corp certification as the business continues to backpedal from its $12.4 Bricks-and-mortar retail big business 99 Bikes currently operates 62 stores in Australia and New Zealand, seven in the US and four in the UK. Australia is the strongest market for the business.

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Myer CEO and MD John King to retire

Inside Retail

King has more than 30 years of experience in retail across department stores, specialty retailing and premium global brands in the US and UK. King established the ‘customer first plan’ which helped the department store navigate the pandemic and return to being a profitable and stronger business.

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Suburban shopping strips are struggling, but they still have time to evolve

Inside Retail

The fall in retail vacancy levels from late 2022 and March of this year, after the Covid lockdowns were lifted, are likely to creep up again in the prevailing economic conditions, and vacancy rates in CBD retail precincts continue to be impacted by low office occupancy.

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Revived MKT Square brings opportunities to Brisbane’s north

Inside Retail

Located in the rapidly growing Moreton Bay region, MKT Square’s stage two master-planned multi-million-dollar transformation is nearing completion, offering retail and hospitality operators far and wide the opportunity to be part of the growing market.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

With these appointments, the company looks forward to a continuation of this journey as Australia’s leading specialty retailer of BBQs and outdoor products.”. Eco-friendly lifestyle online retailer Flora and Fauna has just hired Nadia Lotter as general manager. Flora and Fauna welcomes on board new GM.

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The story behind Australia’s first online homewares supercentre

Inside Retail

The website enables customers to shop by product category, by room, by retailer, or by a curated design board – by integrating the existing online store of different specialty retailers. To create an experience for customers that they’ll keep coming back to, and to create another outlet for retailers to [reach customers].

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Open to Buy: The Retail Business Art

Retailing Insight

After all, retail is supposed to fun, especially in the wellness market. When done well, it creates an integrated buying and merchandising approach that ties together your marketing, customer service, point of sale, accounting, and operations and focuses all of them on one thing: great cash flow. Good, hard, spendable cash.

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