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World-first Ikea Close to You concept opens in Hong Kong

Inside Retail

According to Ikea, the new concept focuses on the digital experience, offering a number of solutions such as self-pick-up lockers that support flexible pick-up time and free shipping. The new store was opened alongside Bread Pantry at the Market Place Discovery Bay launched last Friday (October 1).

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How demographics are driving Milligram’s physical retail expansion

Inside Retail

The business was started in 2007 by Scott Druce and Matt Harris. At the time of writing, Milligram had six locations in Melbourne, a seventh in George Street, Sydney, and was on the cusp of opening an eighth in the cosmopolitan inner west Sydney suburb of Newtown. We’re also constantly reviewing the range.

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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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Net-a-Porter, Ssense, Farfetch: How luxury’s e-commerce leaders stack up

Inside Retail

Net-a-Porter is considered a pioneer in the online luxury space since its founding at the start of the millennium in the year 2000 by Natalie Massenet. Farfetch was established in 2007 as a global luxury platform designed to connect creators, curators and consumers. Net-a-Porter is much more of a wholesale model.

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Why I’m Still at Cisco After 16 Years

Cisco Retail

Yet here I am still working at Cisco, 16 years after I joined the company. At university I studied English literature. My initial stint at Cisco was as a technical writer contractor in 1999. The company’s humble beginnings at Stanford in 1984?by Stint at Startups and Return to Cisco .

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Bottles to bears: The Aussie toy company making Walmart more sustainable

Inside Retail

An Australian toy company is shaking up the category with an eco-friendly range of plush toys which will launch at Walmart in the US next month. Founded in 2007, it’s the largest Australian-owned toy company based on retail sales in Australia, according to NPD data. It’s owned by David and Andrew Hendy.

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Licensed & Branded Phone Cases Everyone Will Love

Independent Retailer

The company started by offering skins for mobile phones, laptops and game devices, and then once the first generation iPhone was released in 2007, they changed gears and started offering personalization options to their skins, as well as phone cases. To view more of what the company has to offer, visit their website at www.skinit.com.