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Why the Kmart-Target back end merger has been a decade in the making

Inside Retail

In 2002, however, the business’ managing director Larry Davis, himself originally from North America, refocused Target on bringing US-based brands into Australia. Under her leadership the business balanced out, but the damage to its reputation as being a leader in the accessible fashion space had been done.

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A day in the life of Milani Cosmetics CMO Jeremy Lowenstein

Inside Retail

I was placed with Aveda during the internship in the summer of 2002 when men’s grooming was just starting to take off as a category. It is truly the art and science of storytelling that meets strategy. Everything I do is rooted in brand strategy, our brand ethos, our footprint, why we are who we are.

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Bunnings MD Mike Schneider: “I have the best retail job in the country”

Inside Retail

I joined the bank and had a fantastic five-year run working in retail banking, consumer banking strategy, and finance and HR, and travelled from Sydney to Perth to Adelaide to Melbourne. The danger when you work from home is that ‘working from home’ becomes ‘living at work’, and you gotta be really careful to sort of strike that balance.