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How Tag Heuer is evolving to stand the test of time

Inside Retail

Here, we speak with the brand’s general manager, Van Mulryan, about the new Tag Heuer boutique in Adelaide, the increased demand for luxury items and how her upbringing has shaped her career. Van Mulryan: It’s our seventh boutique in Australia, in Adelaide,’s Rundle Mall. It’s been a long time coming.

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Longchamp redefines its retail footprint with très chic Melbourne apartment

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Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world. The concept of Longchamp’s most recently renovated boutiques in Melbourne and Brisbane was developed to reflect the brand’s heritage, savoir-faire, and creative spirit by paying tribute to the quintessential Parisian apartment.

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Rebecca Vallance’s chic new Sydney flagship store is a sign of what’s to come

Inside Retail

“Our focus is strategic growth across both our direct-to-consumer business as well as our international wholesale,” Vallance-Gasan, founder and creative director of Rebecca Vallance, told Inside Retail. One of the biggest hurdles to global growth is the challenge of managing the brand from Australia, alongside time zone challenges.

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Aje sees the light: Why the Aussie brand is ramping up its global presence

Inside Retail

According to Aje’s co-founder and chief executive Adrian Norris, the business has been focusing on its wholesale and online business in parts of the US, UK, Europe and the United Arab Emirates, but has found that shoppers are increasingly wanting to touch and feel garments before purchasing.

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Meet Nakedvice, the brand founded by best friends in the Sportsgirl stockroom

Inside Retail

Both Miller and Gargan worked at Tiger Mist, another Australian fashion brand, before Miller moved on to work at Sass & Bide and Gargan went into product development at S&R Fashions, a design, development and supplier of women’s fashion garments to retailers and branded wholesalers.

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A day in the life of Rebecca Vallance-Gasan: “I am hyper-organised”

Inside Retail

Australian fashion label Rebecca Vallance recently celebrated its first decade in business with the opening of a brand-new Sydney flagship boutique. The plan is to reach 20 stores globally within the next few years, with a focus on strategic growth across both the direct-to-consumer business and international wholesale.

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Despite administration, Ginger & Smart owner is still ‘very bullish’

Inside Retail

We spoke to Richard Facioni, founder of private equity firm ACTA Capital, which co-manages Ginger & Smart through Alquemie Group alongside Alceon, about the recent decision to go into administration, and what’s next for the brand. We also have a pretty strong online business, and wholesale does quite well.

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