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How 99 Bikes plans to return to profit with an electric-powered push

Inside Retail

Founding 99 Bikes and taking flight Matt Turner, the current director of 99 Bikes, opened the first store in Milton, Brisbane, in May 2007. At the time, I was CFO of Flight Centre Travel Group’s Queensland operations and saw a ‘start-up’ operational business opportunity that combined a personal passion for riding, with a new career pathway.

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“The timing is right”: Inside the $3bn beverage group launching in Oceania

Inside Retail

Since 2007, CCEP has produced and distributed Beam Suntory’s brand portfolio across Australia, which includes products such as Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark and Canadian Club, as well as a number of ready-to-drink options and non-alcoholic beverages. “So

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Vera Bradley Names Chief Growth Officer to Drive Pura Vida’s Next Stage of Development

Retail TouchPoints

Andrews will join the digitally native brand’s Co-founders Griffin Thall and Paul Goodman in leading Pura Vida to the next level of growth, with plans for new performance-based marketing initiatives, the launch of new sales channels and category expansion.

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Are more discounts on the cards before Christmas?

Inside Retail

Most retailers will be looking at the sales they’ve made between Black Friday and Cyber Monday with mixed feelings. With higher-than-usual stock levels leading into Christmas that retailers are planning to turn over at the full freight Christmas margin, that could spell trouble. As we all know, plans can change.

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CEO transition underway at Thrifty White

Mass Relators

. — Bob Narveson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Thrifty White Pharmacy since 1999, plans to relinquish the latter two roles at the beginning of next year, when he will pass the torch to chief operating officer Justin Heiser. He was named chief operating officer at the start of 2022.

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Why the Kmart-Target back end merger has been a decade in the making

Inside Retail

Looking at Target’s trajectory over the past few years, however, it’s clear that this latest move could very well be the beginning of the end. Chop and change Acquired in 2007 along with Coles and Kmart, Target started off in a strong position in Wesfarmers’ stable.

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“Building a brand from the ground up”: Inside LSKD’s San Diego expansion

Inside Retail

We didn’t plan on opening an office, but our first US team member has been here for almost two years. We’d never done an event at that level before – there were 50,000-plus community members. JD: I was very lucky to have LKI [Loose Kid Industries] before LSKD, from 2007 to 2018. How has that been going?

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