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The Body Shop Australia facing ‘cashflow crisis’

Inside Retail

Credible reports suggest The Body Shop Australian business is facing a cashflow crisis as a result of the collapse of the UK parent company. The Body Shop operates about 100 stores in Australia and is said to be the most profitable international arm of the stricken business.

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Why Retailers Need Cloud-Native Payment Orchestration: 5 Tips to Flexible, Scalable, Customized Payment Infrastructure

Retail TouchPoints

People turned to online shopping in droves. Meanwhile, the payment team is frustrated, accounting can’t scale efficiently under the demand to reconcile reports, and the retailer’s developer can’t stick everything together. He then helped found Passmark Security which was sold to RSA Security in 2006.

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How Nana Judy founder started a $30m streetwear brand at 19 years old

Inside Retail

Coleman, who started Nana Judy in 2006 while working part-time in a local surf shop, identified the popularity of skate and surf brands across Australia. So he sold his car, emptied his savings account and named the business after his great-grandmother’s dalmatian.

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

Inside Retail

Craig King started his retail career working on the shop floor of a luxury fashion boutique. IR: When you were working on the shop floor, did you ever envision that you would one day be a CEO? By the time I was 35, I felt fairly polished in accountancy, P&Ls, human resources – areas I would have to be good at.

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Byron Bay streetwear brand Afends unveils new concept store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

Byron Bay streetwear brand Afends is opening a new concept store in Melbourne’s QV shopping centre this week. A new store in one of Sydney’s most premium shopping districts is set to open next April, with another location in Australia to open by the end of June.

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From fast food to autos, India’s digitally connected users lure investors

Inside Retail

Mumbai resident Shivam Vahia cannot remember the last time he left home to shop. China saw a jump in consumption from 2006 when, as per World Bank data, its per capita gross domestic product (GDP) crossed $2,000. Foreign investors jump in With private consumption accounting for 60 per cent of India’s $3.5

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The Case For Subscription Service In CPG

Retail TouchPoints

The wide adoption of digital channels has dramatically disrupted the way consumers shop, and the recent COVID pandemic has exponentially increased the velocity of that change. The costs, as a percentage of net sales, for CPGs to serve their retail partners has been rising by an average of 40 basis points since 2006.

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