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Runway launches Vhernier, bringing Milanese elegance to Vietnam 

Inside Retail

As Vhernier is from Milan, the boutique showcases pure Milanese elegance through its minimalist shapes and soft colour palette, accented with touches of coral and eggshell, Marta Moruzzi, collection merchandising manager and international development at Vhernier, told Inside Retail.

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Walmart Expands Vision Care Offerings With Innovative New Products: All the Details

Retail Wire

The press release states that this enhanced eyewear is available at nearly 1,500 Walmart Vision Centers for $1,100. David Reitnauer, vice president of health and wellness at Walmart, said, “This isnt just about seeing better, its about living better. Customers can utilize this feature via the Walmart app or at Walmart.com.

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Can Asda veteran Allan Leighton return the supermarket to its former glory?

Retail Gazette

Leighton helmed Asda from 1996 to 2001 and is credited with turning around the struggling chain, alongside current M&S chair Archie Norman – pulling the grocer from the brink of insolvency to orchestrating its bumper £6.7bn sale to Walmart in 1999. Archie didn’t do it on his own [at M&S], nor can Allan.”

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Asda chair admits supermarket’s problems are ‘self-inflicted’

Retail Gazette

Leighton, who stepped down as chief executive in 2001, told The Times that the retailers previous stewardship under the Issa brothers had ripped the heart out of the colleagues when the business cut back on staffing hours to cut costs.

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How Just Jeans is rebranding for the modern age with a single store

Inside Retail

Store design is one of the most powerful selling tools that you can have as a retailer, Anthony Hoffman, director at Melbourne-based interior design firm ACRD, told Inside Retail. Kimberley co-founded the brand in 1970 and helped build it into a national retail chain before selling it to a private equity firm in 2001.

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Some retailers are turning to air freight to offer a competitive edge

Inside Retail

Marcus Ng, regional head of air freight, Asia Pacific, at AP MllerMaersk, notes that the Sea-Air option where some products are shipped rapidly by air and others less quickly by ocean has been particularly attractive to some lifestyle apparel retailing customers. In many cases, they are mixing air and sea freight solutions.

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Former Asda CEO Allan Leighton returns as chair to lead recovery effort

Retail Gazette

He served as chair since 2021, and took day-to-day responsibility for leading the grocer alongside Rob Hattrell, an executive at TDR, the private equity firm that owns a majority stake in the supermarket chain, after co-owner Mohsin Issa stepped down. Leighton, was Asda CEO from 1996 to 2001 and chaired the Co-op for almost a decade.

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