Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

A year later, Turner founded the Pedal Group, as a joint venture between the Turner family and Flight Centre in 2008. He opened one in Melbourne a month later, and another in Brisbane just two months after that, and by the end of the year, he had nine shops employing 50 people. The company achieved an 82.6,

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

The pyjama brand and its mascot Penny are set to touchdown in the United Kingdom with two bricks-and-mortar stores and a dedicated UK website just in time for the Christmas shopping period this year. This will be the first time Peter Alexander ventures outside of Australia and New Zealand since its failed entry into the US market in 2008.

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Apparel Wholesale Marketing Returns 243

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In 2008, they actually went into administration. With our wholesale business, because we went to the best retailers, we got paid on time. IR: You recently announced plans to open a number of new stores in the US, UK, and Australia, marking your return to the Australian market as a stand-alone retailer.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2024

Last year, data from the Centre for Retail Research revealed that more than 120,000 jobs were lost in the retail sector as thousands of shops shuttered across the nation in retail’s worst year for store closures since 2008. Retail Gazette rounds up the retailers who have begun axing roles this year.

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A1 Retail

MAY 16, 2022

The launch of Eddy’s Food Station marks Stephen’s return to retail following his role as Chairman of Dundee United Football Club from 2008 to 2018. With retail sales having returned to pre-pandemic levels, the retail industry is seeing a promising recovery. The retail industry is an industry I know and love.

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Grocer Returns Wholesale Location 59

Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and consumers around the world were forced to shop online sending digital sales to levels never seen before. Farfetch, which launched its luxury goods online marketplace more than a decade ago in 2008, clearly had a vision of what online luxury sales could be before many woke up to this reality.

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Boutique Fashion Customer Experience Markdowns 98

Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

While shopping online is convenient there is still a lot of friction in the shopping process. Consumers like to touch and feel products and let’s be honest returning online orders can be a hassle. Reduce friction in the shopping process. The Places We Return To is the book that Away commissioned and sold.

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