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How Mosaic Brands’ rapid expansion led to its devastating collapse

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For an all too brief period, the Alceon investment house achieved its ambition to be the largest womens fashion specialty retailer in Australia. The only problem was the nine retail brands trading from around 1350 stores were a house of cards with a flawed investment play without retail smarts. million in 2006 to a $7.8

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

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Australian specialty retailer 99 Bikes has announced its B Corp certification as the business continues to backpedal from its $12.4 Founding 99 Bikes and taking flight Matt Turner, the current director of 99 Bikes, opened the first store in Milton, Brisbane, in May 2007. million loss in FY23 after a $23.7

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COVID-19: A Shot in the Arm for QR Codes at Retail

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OnQ designs, engineers and manufactures custom retail displays. Founded in 2004 and incorporated in 2007, OnQ’s modular, flexible retail display platform enables retailers and brands to easily and cost-effectively refresh product assortment with minimal disruption.

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Retail appointments for the week

Inside Retail

Cusack was previously head of international business at menswear specialty retailer Retail Apparel Group. Jewellery retailer Michael Hill International chair Emma Hill will be stepping down from her role on June 28. Hill has been a director at Michael Hill since 2007. She joined Alquemie last month.

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How Malaysian department store Pavilion is connecting with customers

Inside Retail

From a big-picture view, previous trends have shown that in the aftermath of major crises like — the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the 2007 global financial crisis — the retail industry tends to rebound. Hopefully the pandemic will be brought under control and we will not see another lockdown.