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Analysis: where employers are wrong about Labor’s industrial relations bill

Inside Retail

Along with banning pay secrecy clauses, putting gender equity at the heart of the Fair Work Commission’s pay-setting process, and giving it new powers to resolve long-running disputes, the bill expands access to multi-employer bargaining, something that withered away at the start of the 1990s. Denmark shows what’s possible.

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Analysis: Decision time looms at DJs and Myer boardrooms

Inside Retail

Myer floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2009 with a market capitalisation of $2.4 billion but is currently valued at just $250.4 The post Analysis: Decision time looms at DJs and Myer boardrooms appeared first on Inside Retail. Woolworths, the multi-brand South African retailer, bought David Jones for $2.1

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Gucci’s new challenge: reigniting heat while boosting timeless appeal

Inside Retail

De Sarno, a senior fashion designer from Valentino, is tasked as creative director with reviving the fortunes of the brand that accounted for two-thirds of Kering’s profits in 2021. For Bernstein analyst Luca Solca, Gucci needs to make a strong statement to return to the center stage. per cent at 1333 GMT.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Gen Z Alternative to Credit Cards

Retail TouchPoints

This generation has taken to this payment option faster than any other, but looking at their history it is easy to see why. Contactless payment evolved with Venmo’s release in 2009, and similar mobile solutions like the Apple Wallet have followed. Many commercial apps now ask for a credit card on file to make in-app purchases.

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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

Customers across the country are making a concerted effort to effort to return to their local bookstores , but when they can’t, they shop on Bookshop.org. We want to preserve a world where in 50 years you and your kids can still shop at your local bookstore, and the ecosystem around books can still be strong and thriving and balanced.”

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Japanese department store Takashimaya looks to the future

Inside Retail

Takashimaya’s Nihombashi flagship store, originally built in the 1930’s by Nippon Life Insurance, was given the status of Important Cultural Property in 2009. At the moment, Takashimaya looks up to the task. On August 15, the company reported sales for July at its 14 domestic department stores, which were up 11.1%

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Vestiaire Collective’s fast-fashion ban: clever or counterproductive?

Inside Retail

She argues that banning fast-fashion brands from the platform reinforces the notion of buying quality over quantity and “encourages consumers to invest in craftsmanship at better prices”. If the company is promoting more than 100,000 SKUs at any one point in time, which she considers to be overproduction.