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Retail appointments of the week

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Maggie Beer Holdings’ CEO and MD Chantale Millard says she plans to resign by the end of the year. Halkett was formerly CEO at APG & Co – the parent of Sportscraft, Saba, and Jag – between 2015 and 2020 and at Kathmandu between 2006 and 2014. Maggie Beer Holdings CEO Chantale Millard resigns. By Rakshnna Pattabiraman.

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Craveable Brands becomes first fast-food company to take on reconciliation

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Craveable Brands, the company behind Red Rooster, Oporto and Chicken Treat, has become one of just 250 organisations in Australia, and the only one in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry, to formally commit to the goal of reconciliation through a reconciliation action plan (RAP). A growing trend.

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Cisco Purpose Report: Measuring and reporting impact along our purpose journey

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By setting clear goals, measuring our progress, and transparently reporting our impact (which we’ve been doing annually since publishing our first Corporate Citizenship Report in 2005), we’re able to provide an account of the difference we’re making each year and how we plan to learn from our outcomes. What we made possible in 2021.

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Retail appointments of the week

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Guzman Y Gomez appoints Hilton Brett as co-CEO By Celene Ignacio Quick service restaurant Guzman Y Gomez (GYG) has appointed Hilton Brett as co-CEO, effective immediately, as the company plans to launch an initial public offering and further expand in the US.

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Byron Bay streetwear brand Afends unveils new concept store in Melbourne

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Started by Salfield and Declan Wise in the New South Wales surf town in 2006, the brand initially offered screen-printed band t-shirts. But it’s more challenging to find good retail partners in the US, he said, which is why the founders plan to go direct-to-consumer in that market. is just two or three doors down,” Salfield said.

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Why Ksubi CEO Craig King reads a book a fortnight, and says you should too

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So I asked my boss if I could take the carbon copies – this was before computers – and work backwards to come up with a bit of a buy plan. By the time I was 35, I felt fairly polished in accountancy, P&Ls, human resources – areas I would have to be good at. He said, “Knock yourself out.” So I did that, and it was quite successful.

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How cult brand Nasty Gal is continuing to ride the vintage wave

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We are also committed to being honest and frank about our progress, so that we can be held accountable and to provide clear and evidence based information to our customers. KB: For Nasty Gal we began our journey in a tiny San Francisco apartment selling vintage on eBay, back in 2006.