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Can Premier replicate Smiggle’s UK success with pyjama brand Peter Alexander?

Inside Retail

This will be the first time Peter Alexander ventures outside of Australia and New Zealand since its failed entry into the US market in 2008. Some analysts have described Peter Alexander as an “unproven” brand outside of Australian and New Zealand markets. million for its first-half sales results.

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Aje sees the light: Why the Aussie brand is ramping up its global presence

Inside Retail

According to Aje’s co-founder and chief executive Adrian Norris, the business has been focusing on its wholesale and online business in parts of the US, UK, Europe and the United Arab Emirates, but has found that shoppers are increasingly wanting to touch and feel garments before purchasing. Beyond the US.

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

Inside Retail

This fleet of electric bikes that travel around the country gives everyone the chance to experience riding them on location for free,” Andrew Garnsworthy, CEO of 99 Bikes’ parent company Pedal Group, said. A year later, Turner founded the Pedal Group, as a joint venture between the Turner family and Flight Centre in 2008.

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10 Online Businesses for Sale in May

Small Biz Trends

The business is located in Atlanta, GA with a price of $2,500,000. The business is located in Chandler, AZ with an asking price of $600,000. market by licensing the product and two trademarks as the world’s first and only patented Far Infrared Heated Health, Fitness and Anti-Aging sauna. Online Wakesurfing Retailer.

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8 retailers slashing jobs and cutting costs in 2024

Retail Gazette

Last year, data from the Centre for Retail Research revealed that more than 120,000 jobs were lost in the retail sector as thousands of shops shuttered across the nation in retail’s worst year for store closures since 2008. THG January also saw THG reveal plans to axe 160 jobs across its marketing, sales and warehouse teams.

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Eddy’s Food Station Brings 500 Jobs to Scottish Retail

A1 Retail

The launch of Eddy’s Food Station marks Stephen’s return to retail following his role as Chairman of Dundee United Football Club from 2008 to 2018. The expansion of the Eddy’s Food Station network will see a combination of new sites and the conversion of existing convenience store locations. Source: Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).

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Nordstrom Leaves Canada, 9 Reasons Why

Indigo 9 Digital

But the truth is Nordstrom’s failure in Canada can’t be simplified, by saying, as many are, that Nordstrom didn’t understand the Canadian market. Over the past decade that Nordstrom has been in Canada there have been material changes in the market. Then Saks Fifth Avenue entered the Canadian market in 2016.

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