Inside Retail

MAY 22, 2025

It began with handmade beaded bracelets at Salamanca Market. At just 16 and 10, they spent over a decade manning a handmade jewellery stall at Tasmanias Salamanca Markets, fine-tuning pricing and learning to sell and understanding customer behaviour in real time. Underneath, it’s deeply human.

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Inside Retail

JULY 15, 2025

As recently as 2014, Chinese consumers made up less than 1 per cent of global fragrance sales. Perfume was an imported accessory associated with wealth, gifting, or foreign prestige. A fragrant awakening Historically, perfume in China carried little cultural currency.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 7, 2022

One leading example: Express , which is transforming from “a store at the mall” to a brand with purpose powered by a styling community. At a key step in the journey, right when she needed inspiration and guidance most, the brand has left her to figure things out on her own. Scaling Inspiration with Technology.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2023

According to Andrew Kinsella, brand manager at Skechers, the collection is designed to resonate with “the woman on the go [who] wants convenience and style wrapped up in one.” The post From Snoop Dogg to DVF: How collabs help drive growth at Skechers appeared first on Inside Retail. Watch this space.”

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The Adelaide store marks Uniqlo’s 30th store after debuting in Australia in 2014. The post Uniqlo opens its first South Australian store, at Myer Centre appeared first on Inside Retail. The Japanese retail giant is expanding its footprint into other markets including the US, Europe, China, South Korea and Singapore.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Kendra Scott is stepping down as CEO of her eponymous Kendra Scott fashion accessories brand, and current President Tom Nolan will move into the role. a robust online business and wholesale distribution at Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s and 600 specialty boutiques worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Luxury accessories and lifestyle brand Tapestry has appointed Joanne Crevoiserat as CEO, effective immediately. She joined Abercrombie & Fitch in May 2014 as CFO and also served as EVP, CFO and COO, and Interim Principal Executive Officer during her tenure with the company.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2024

Desigual first entered Australia in 2014 with a flagship store in Melbourne through a licensing agreement with Edwards Imports. Janine Edwards, head of Edwards Imports, said at the time that her company planned to open a Desigual store in every Australian state, with Sydney to be the second location.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

At the beginning of the pandemic, CEO and Cofounder Jennifer Hyman cut costs by 51% , raised additional financing and scaled back capital outlay by shifting from buying merchandise to a revenue-sharing consignment model, according to a July 2020 article in The Wall Street Journal.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2023

In 2014, NFTs (non-fungible tokens) were introduced. The folks at Yuba Labs, best known for the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT, are facing an SEC probe over unregistered offerings. Casey Jensen is VP of US Sales and Marketing at rooom.com. Thousands of years later, in 2009, the market for digital assets arose.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 2, 2021

Fast-fashion giant H&M is to close its high-profile store at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, unable to agree on lease terms with owner Scentre Group. At H&M, we continuously review our store portfolio and assess all rent negotiations in order to future-proof the business.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2022

In 2014, the brand crowdfunded its initial concept on Kickstarter, in which consumers essentially fund a product’s creation, and get a product out of it at the end. This time, rather than getting a product at the end, investors will get fully paid ordinary shares in the company, priced at $14.44 Expanding the range.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Founded in 2014 in the South Melbourne Markets, Ena Pelly currently operates a direct-to-consumer website and 90 stockists around Australia, and is sold at David Jones and The Iconic. The collection is the result of three successful collaborations with Enright, the recently appointed EP Athleisure creative director.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Justin Hillberg, managing director of shared services of SurfStitch-owner Alquemie Group, is stepping down from his role leading the surf brand’s restructure at the end of this week. Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In a joint venture with Oroton Group, the first Brooks Brothers store in Australia opened its doors in 2014 at Melbourne’s The Emporium and with a 2293sqft store. The collection is available online at Brooks Brothers Australia, and male styles can be found at David Jones online and in select David Jones locations.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2023

Australian fashion label Kivari has opened two new retail stores – at Bondi Junction and Burleigh Heads. Kivari, founded in 2014 by Kirstin-Lee Keysers, offers coastal-inspired designs that merge feminine, elevated trends with craftsmanship. The brand has its roots in a local market in Burleigh.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2024

Dr Abas Mirzaei, a marketing lecturer at Macquarie University, told Inside Retail that “Woolworths is a household name, where consumers are exposed to the brand cues on a daily basis.” At the same time, there’s been broader discussion about 26 January and what it means to different parts of the community.”

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Almost four years later, the flagship location has been locked in at 113 King Street in Sydney and is due to open in March 2024, followed by an undisclosed Melbourne location. Until then, it’s time to relax at the Beach House and take a look at the brand’s new kids’ collection. It was originally called Tsubi.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2024

It is a technology that uses radio waves to read information stored in an antenna — at retail, this is most commonly placed in a sticker or tag — without requiring physical contact or a line of sight. This technology allows retailers to manage their inventory better and make adjustments as necessary to cut back on waste at the source.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

million in superannuation between April 2014 and September 2020. Individual wage underpayments were up to $22,956 at Politix and $12,576 at David Jones. David Jones underpaid 2800 employees $480,000 in wages and $1.4

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2021

To be unique, you can’t get that at the mall, but young consumers are seeing the advantage of the contemporary vintage market as a place where you can find garments that express yourself, while being economical and environmentally conscious,” Graham Wetzbarger, founder and CEO of Luxury Appraisals and Authentication, told Inside Retail. “To

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Specialist law firm Adero has received intel into the unfair practices at certain Lovisa stores and potential breaches of the enterprise agreement. “We We would seek to recover underpayments due to breaches of the Lovisa Enterprise Agreement 2014, owed to current and former employees from 2016 to the current date.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

We have had over 35 retailers and brands participate since 2014, several returning year after year.”. DV develops NFTs for avatars, virtual garments and accessories that may be worn within the metaverse and also sells tokens for digital artistic works, such as fashion sketches from acclaimed illustrator Kenneth Paul Block.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ready-to-wear designer for the upscale Italian label since last year, Blazy worked his way up the fashion ranks, gaining experience at labels including Raf Simons, Maison Margiela and Calvin Klein, and was senior designer at Celine in 2014.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ready-to-wear designer for the upscale Italian label since last year, Blazy worked his way up the fashion ranks, gaining experience at labels including Raf Simons, Maison Margiela and Calvin Klein, and was senior designer at Celine in 2014.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Witchery, Politix and Mimco brands will launch at Myer from next month while Country Road – including Country Road Kids, Country Road Home and Trenery – will be stocked from July. After taking full control of the business in September 2014, Woolworth bought Politix two years later.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2021

At the time, it described itself as “the essence of privilege and casual luxury”, with a product offer focused on ‘all-American’ premium casualwear. A turnaround program was set in motion in 2014, focused on cost-cutting and trendier merchandise that abandoned its logo-centric designs to a certain extent.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

And at a time when knowing and resonating with your customer is the key to survival, retail brands are hoping to get further context. At the end of the day, four themes helped paint a more contextual picture of who the Gen Z consumer is and what they really want: Authenticity and Accessibility.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In short, there are more customers online now than at any time in the past — yet they’ll need some impetus to visit, browse and buy at a particular store. Charles Carriere is Founder & President at Scandy. He is a New Orleans native who attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a Morehead Scholar.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Founded by Albin Johansson and Max Svardh in 2014, the brand is known for its refined aesthetic and well-crafted products. At the time, the industry presented us an opportunity with the rise of Instagram and a desire for something that broke the mold. IR: Axel Arigato was first launched in 2014 and recently hit its 10-year mark.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

They had the licence for an eyewear company called Blind, and they took a stall at Sydney Fashion Week in 1999. IR: How did they go from ‘accidentally selling’ a bunch of jeans at Sydney Fashion Week to building a business? A group called Bleach stepped in and picked up their debt and ran the business until 2014. Imag: Supplied.

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2021

The acquisition comes at an “opportune time” for Brand Collective, according to its CEO Caleb Brown, who will continue to run the business at LK Group with his current leadership team. At the time, PAS Group’s turnover was around $200 million. Brand Collective’s annual sales are around $280 million, Brown said.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Founded in Byron Bay in 2014, it has gained a cult following for its unique designs inspired by history, archaeology and ancient symbolism. Darren Gallant: Temple of the Sun first launched in late 2014. DG: Jewellery does feel like a very “busy” space at the moment, and yes, there is a surge of new brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The retail industry stands at a crossroads over concerns about sustainability. Joseph Schlossberg is a VP of Global Sales at Sourcing Solutions International (SSI). He began his career in the industry right after receiving his business degree from Seton Hall University in 2014.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Founded in 2014, the brand says the new brick-and-mortar store acts as an “extension” of its online presence, giving customers an opportunity to shop retail exclusives in signature KTL styles coupled with regular events like late-night shopping and VIP product launches.

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2024

Since it launched in 2014, Merry People has forged purposeful partnerships that embody its values of authenticity, kindness, happiness and adventure. We really work hard at rotating our colours to keep them fresh and exciting,” Smith said. Australian gumboot maker Merry People’s social impact is growing exponentially with the business.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Blazy has been ready-to-wear designer for the upscale Italian label since last year, having worked his way up the fashion ranks at labels including Raf Simons, Maison Margiela, and Calvin Klein. He was senior designer at Celine in 2014. “I I was at the point of seven stores and having young kids. “I

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