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Walmart Advances Media Ambitions with $2.3 Billion Acquisition of Vizio

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We believe Vizio’s customer-centric operating system provides great viewing experiences at attractive price points,” said Seth Dallaire, EVP and Chief Revenue Officer at Walmart U.S. TV market), but also give the retailer its own proprietary hardware offering, akin to that of Amazon. in a statement. “We

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After six years, Novo Shoes returns to Canberra, opening two stores

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Six years after it left the market, the brand debuted its Woden store last month and will open its second location this Friday. ” The brand opened its first store at Warringah Mall in Sydney in 2002, and it now has outlets across Victoria, Queensland, SA, and WA, along with stores in New Zealand.

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True Religion Aims to Triple Online Revenues with the Help of New Ecommerce SVP

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An ecommerce veteran with 25 years of experience McCabe has held leadership roles at Banana Republic, GAP , Macy’s , and Tailored Brands. In 2002, True Religion launched as a premium-denim brand and over the course of its history the label has expanded to include sportswear and accessories.

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Australian companies face more climate-focused resolutions than ever before

Inside Retail

The resolution, advanced at Woodside Petroleum’s annual general meeting, called for the company to establish hard targets to bring its own emissions and the emissions caused by the use of its products globally in line with the Paris Agreement to keep global warming below two degrees. Shareholder ESG Resolutions per year.

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Woolworths plans $370 million rebrand, upgrade of its NZ store network

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In 2002, Progressive bought Woolworths from Dairy Farm to achieve a 45 per cent combined share of the market and create a grocery duopoly in the market – alongside locally-owned co-operative-structured Foodstuffs – that has endured until today.

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Here’s an inside look at Tops Club, the Costco of Thailand

Inside Retail

All decked out in its red, white and black livery, Tops Club, a new warehouse format created by Thailand’s Central Retail, opened a flagship at Central Rama 2 shopping mall in the southern suburbs of Bangkok on 28 September. Finally, you can’t shop at Tops Club unless you take out a membership, like Costco. A different kind of quack.

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Bed Bath & Beyond Tech Chief Resigns as Retailer Deals with Data Breach

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Rafeh Masood will resign from his position as EVP and Chief Customer and Technology Officer at Bed Bath & Beyond effective Dec. 2, 2002, according to a Nov. Masood’s departure comes at a time when the retailer is grappling with a difficult business landscape. 1 Securities and Exchange Commission 8-K filing.