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Country Road brands to return to Myer after David Jones separation

Inside Retail

Woolworth Holdings’ sale of the David Jones department-store business has cleared the way for the brands of its Country Road Group division to return to the shelves of Myer. Woolworth Holdings bought a controlling interest in Country Road in 1998 and acquired Witchery Group in 2007 to create Country Road Group.

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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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Boots owner mulls £7bn London IPO

Retail Gazette

The move would mean the cosmetics company returns to the London Stock Exchange after 16 years. According to Bloomberg, an IPO would value the retailer at roughly £7bn, returning it to the FTSE 100. Talks are thought to be at an early stage and there is no guarantee of a listing or sale.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Melbourne-based cycling marketplace Bike Exchange co-founder Sam Salter has just taken on the newly created role of chief of sales and partnerships officer at the business. The marketplace first launched in 2007 and now sells more than 600,000 cycling products from over 1500 brands and 1450 retailers. million consumers each year.

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Grosvenor appoints new Liverpool ONE lead

Retail Focus

Alison Clegg has worked for Grosvenor for 15 years, joining in March 2007, ahead of the opening of the first phase of Liverpool ONE in May the following year. Involved with Liverpool ONE throughout her time at Grosvenor, Alison most recently successfully led the destination through the pandemic and its significant bounce back.

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LSKD appoints first chief retail officer as part of its “audacious” growth plan

Inside Retail

During her time at Lululemon, which spanned 13 years from 2012 to 2020, Shaughnessy led over 40 stores and oversaw the brand’s national wholesale and community presence in ANZ. It was founded in 2007 by Jason Daniel and now has eight retail stores in Australia, one in San Diego, US , with two new stores coming soon.

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Redbubble may appeal court order to pay Hells Angels for using logo

Inside Retail

The site, launched in 2007 and co-founded by Australian entrepreneur Martin Hosking, operates as a DIY for merchandise — users can have images of their choice printed on t-shirts, stickers, and mugs, and in turn, sell the items to other customers. However, the listings returned to the site in error, the court heard.