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How colourful QLD boutique Orange Sherbet punches above its weight

Inside Retail

Orange Sherbet is a small boutique in Queensland with an outsize impact, thanks to founder Katie Naprasnik’s strong focus on size diversity, inclusive representation and commitment to giving back through charity partnerships. I opened Orange Sherbet in 2006 when there was no such thing as Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok marketing.

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Primark launches vintage clothing concessions in Birmingham and Manchester

Retail Focus

Primark is partnering with the Vintage Wholesale Company, an independent vintage clothing business, to open two new concessions in its flagship Birmingham and Manchester stores, under the brand WornWell by the Vintage Wholesale Company. . Riccardo Seaton, Director of WornWell by the Vintage Wholesale Company : . “We

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Longchamp redefines its retail footprint with très chic Melbourne apartment

Inside Retail

The luxury market is categorised by its exclusivity, maintained through a combination of high price points, consciously limited product volumes, reputation and customer experience, amongst other factors. Phillipe created a partnership with another family-owned business, Hunt Leather, to tap into the Australian market. billion in 2024.

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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. Catering to both hemispheres Nurturing its relationship with wholesalers will be key as the brand continues to drive global expansion.

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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. In terms of the look and feel, the boutique is 64sqm, it has 3.9-metre

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Tigerlily CEO talks turnaround and the next stage of sale process

Inside Retail

Amid increased interest in Australian brands and the beach apparel category, Australian women’s fashion brand Tigerlily is considered as good as sold by its current owners, private equity company Crescent Capital, which is seeking to capitalise on the current market. The sale process formally kicked off in the final quarter of 2023.

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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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