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How True Religion aims to be the latest Y2K-era brand to make a comeback

Inside Retail

By 2013, the company reached peak profit, when it hit $490 million in revenue, after nearly tripling sales between 2007 and 2012. It was one of the top players in the denim retail boom of the early 2000s. What does that mean exactly?

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How UPF clothing brand Solbari aims to beat skin cancer with $10m injection

Inside Retail

It was this statistic that prompted Johanna Young to found Solbari, a brand of UPF50+ sun protective clothing, hats and accessories that has just received a $10 million minority share investment. It’s all in the name. Most regular cotton shirts in contrast allow ten times or more UV rays, 20 per cent, to reach the skin.

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From bikinis on a kitchen bench to global resort wear brand, Bydee boomed 700pc

Inside Retail

Scaling a small business Founded in 2013, the first iteration of Bydee was a purely product-focused passion project, “I was making all the swim and bralettes myself.” We put $1000 into US ad spend and that went crazy,” Hairis said, adding “I didn’t understand the potential until we saw the return on investment.”

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Exclusive: Frasers Group closes in on deal to buy Coggles from THG

Retail Gazette

THG snapped up the indie fashion retailer out of administration back in 2013, although it did not take its stores business. The business then returned to bricks-and-mortar retail in 2018, opening its first physical store since its administration in Cheshire.

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R.M. Williams crafts quality and service from people and tech

Inside Retail

Williams since Tattarang, the private investment company owned by mining magnates Andrew and Nicola Forrest, acquired the business from L Catterton in 2020, returning the bootmaker to full Australian ownership for the first time since 2013. Also the company returned to a net profit, of A$36.8 This focus can be seen in R.M.

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“We’re on step one out of 10”: Kmart Group MD Ian Bailey on taking Anko global

Inside Retail

With more than 20,000 SKUs across homewares, toys, pet accessories and apparel, Anko-branded products represent 85 per cent of the stock in Kmart stores and have been purchased by a whopping 90 per cent of Australian households. The trial is pretty small, it’s four stores, it’s about 140 SKUs, and it’s in the pet accessory category.

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What a Blundy-backed Léays can learn from Skims and Victoria’s Secret

Inside Retail

Brett Blundys return to the lingerie and sleepwear market is being closely tracked by retail industry insiders and outsiders alike. He repurchased the business in 2013 and improved Bras N Things profitability by more than 400 per cent, later selling it to Hanes in 2018 for $500 million.

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