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“Building a brand from the ground up”: Inside LSKD’s San Diego expansion

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JD: I was very lucky to have LKI [Loose Kid Industries] before LSKD, from 2007 to 2018. IR: It seems that a lot of Australian retailers are considering international expansion right now. I was riding with guys a lot older than me who were pro athletes, and then in 2007, I decided that I wanted [the brand] to be my career.

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Helping intensify Alo Yoga’s London expansion

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Founded in Los Angeles in 2007, Alo Yoga offers a stylish and comfortable selection of high-end activewear and loungewear, that is versatile and can be worn from studio to street, as well as offering a range of accessories and wellness products.

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Platypus opens 200th store, promises 30 more by June

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Platypus, which was acquired by Accent Group in 2007, currently has 167 stores in Australia and 34 in New Zealand. Platypus intends to continue its rapid regional expansion, having previously opened outlets in Alice Springs, Mildura, Coffs Harbour, and Albury. “We

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Mad Mex names Therese Frangie as CEO after founder moves into strategy role

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Of her appointment, Frangie said she will be “laser-focused” on delivering sustainable growth and expansion while not wavering from operational excellence. Meanwhile, Clovis Young who started Mad Mex in 2007 said it was the “right time” for Frangie to “officially step into the CEO role”. “As

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Officeworks MD: “Product trends are constantly evolving”

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But its recent expansion into premium furniture products offers a taste of what’s to come from Australia’s leading stationery supplier. Officeworks’ evolution Officeworks became part of Wesfarmers in November 2007 following the conglomerate’s acquisition of Coles Group by way of a scheme of arrangement.

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Meet the Aussie furniture brand that just opened a global flagship in NYC

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Nicholas officially started working for the family business in 2001, initially as the production manager before moving on to his role as design and development director in 2007. In addition to the company’s steady store expansion, it has built a reputation for custom furniture, which accounts for 30 per cent of Harbour’s profits today.

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Bootstrapping a million dollar optical empire: Three blokes, Ebay and a vision

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Direct growth vision In 2007 the business hired a third-party company to develop the first iteration of the website, allowing the operations to leave Ebay. Kalinko credits the business’s global expansion success to carefully selecting local markets to enter and ensuring each region’s consumer needs are understood and catered for.

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