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Inside Retail
MAY 5, 2025
On April 17, Takashimaya, Japans upscale department store company, released the results for its fiscal year ending February 28. per cent from the preceding year, to breach 1 trillion yen (US$7 billion) for the first time since 2007. The latter two stores ran a slight operating loss and underperformed company expectations.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 18, 2023
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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Retail TouchPoints
MAY 20, 2022
When I joined in 2007] I tried to stay behind the scenes, but at one point we needed somebody to lead the investigation and eventual implementation of this whole new ecommerce business model that none of the employees, and certainly none of the executives, either wanted to do or had the capability to do,” Natori added. “
Retail TouchPoints
MARCH 1, 2024
He compared the level of interest of a consumer who had simply seen a Natori ad on social media to one who had “gone to the website, added something to their bag and abandoned the cart. That’s much more useful [data] than the first consumer. We aren’t blindly retargeting every user,” said Natori.
Inside Retail
JULY 25, 2023
After 17 years of running its discount department stores separately, retail conglomerate Wesfarmers announced earlier this week that it would be consolidating the back end operation of Kmart Australia and Target Australia. Kmart Group CEO Ian Bailey said this was due to how difficult it has been to “get tech into Target”.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 20, 2024
Once considered a lost cause, the business has gone from strength to strength since embracing a ‘lowest price’ strategy following its acquisition by Wesfarmers in 2007. Hudson’s Bay brought it back, so Zellers is something that immediately triggers an emotional reaction with consumers and an understanding of the proposition.
Inside Retail
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Nicola Clement, Myer’s general manager of omni experience, has said she is exiting her role at the department store retailer to pursue an MBA at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford next year. Loehnis currently serves as the president of Net-A-Porter, Mr Porter and The Outnet, and started at the company in 2007.
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