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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. I started as general manager of Advance Traders in October 2008,” Garnsworthy added. Garnsworthy believes that 99 Bikes will return to opening five to six stores annually in the future.

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Boots owner mulls £7bn London IPO

Retail Gazette

The UK retailer’s management is understood to be pushing its US parent company towards an IPO. 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.

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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. Grosvenor owns 23% of Liverpool ONE via the Grosvenor Liverpool Fund, and also manages the destination on behalf of all investors. Since opening in 2008, the 1.65

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

The marketplace first launched in 2007 and now sells more than 600,000 cycling products from over 1500 brands and 1450 retailers. Collins Foods CEO joins board as managing director. Taco Bell and KFC parent company Collins Foods has just welcomed Collins Foods CEO Drew O’Malley to the Board as managing director.

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How Retail Businesses Can Use Customer Data to Enhance Targeted Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

This type of one-to-one proactive outreach about highly relevant topics is effective in driving return visits and sales of high-margin full-price items. The global loyalty management market stood at $2.47 Since joining the company in 2007, Chaar has helped the company expand its North American footprint.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

He launched AmazonFresh in 2007 and has served on the e-commerce company’s senior leadership team since 2011. “I Dan Murphy’s managing director Alex Freudmann is set to join Marks & Spencer (M&S) as managing director of food this November, following his resignation from Dan Murphy’s last month.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Russel Creedy, group CEO, joined the business in 2001 as supply chain manager and served as GM for Pizza Hut in New Zealand. He took on the CEO role in 2007. Restaurant Brands is a corporate franchisee and specialises in managing multi-site branded food retail chains. Creedy will retire on 31 March next year. “I