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Parcel pivot: E-commerce boom behind Australia Post’s shock delivery plan

Inside Retail

Letter deliveries have fallen by two-thirds since 2008 alongside a massive e-commerce fuelled boom in package delivery. The changes will also allow Australia Post to manage priority mail, roughly 8 per cent of all letter traffic, differently to “deliver services at a more commercial rate,” the joint ministerial statement said.

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Grosvenor appoints new Liverpool ONE lead

Retail Focus

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 Since 2008, through sensitive stewardship it has successfully integrated into the wider city centre whilst retaining its unique sense of place. . “As

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Convenience stores are slow to add EV chargers

Retail Wire

Iowa-based Kim and Go first installed an electric charger at one of its stores in 2008. Jacob Maass, commercial fuels manager at Iowa-based Kum and Go, said the retailer is negotiating with utilities to get costs lowered to the point that it makes sense to install and operate chargers.

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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. The pyjama brand and its mascot Penny are set to touchdown in the United Kingdom with two bricks-and-mortar stores and a dedicated UK website just in time for the Christmas shopping period this year.

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

Inside Retail

A year later, Turner founded the Pedal Group, as a joint venture between the Turner family and Flight Centre in 2008. Pedal Group owns two separate businesses in the bicycle industry, 99 Bikes, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail operation, and Advance Traders, a bicycle wholesale business that the group acquired in July 2008. “At

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Qurate Hires Nordstrom Vet to Lead Zulily as it Accelerates Personalized Digital Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

He was the first executive hired at HauteLook in 2008 and joined Nordstrom ’s leadership following that company’s acquisition in 2011. Boyle began his career at Ernst & Young Consulting, where he helped launch and manage the firm’s Customer Relationship Management global practice.

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Lidl to close Walsall warehouse, 100 jobs at risk

Retail Gazette

The Walsall facility, which was bought by Lidl in 2008, is 50 years old and no longer considered fit for purpose as the supermarket invests in modernising and expanding its other logistics capabilities. As a result, we have proposed the creation of two new management positions to improve the ratio of managers to team members.