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How Mosaic Brands’ rapid expansion led to its devastating collapse

Inside Retail

For an all too brief period, the Alceon investment house achieved its ambition to be the largest womens fashion specialty retailer in Australia. The only problem was the nine retail brands trading from around 1350 stores were a house of cards with a flawed investment play without retail smarts.

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Supermarkets and ARA defend industry after ACCC inquiry findings

Inside Retail

The pan-retail body defended Coles and Woolworths profit levels, declaring that over the past five years, Coles net profit margin of 2.6 per cent and Woolworths of less than three cents in the dollar have remained stable.