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

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Here, we speak to founder and CEO Jason Daniel about the brand’s international strategy, e-commerce’s growing interest in physical retail, and doing more with less. JD: I was very lucky to have LKI [Loose Kid Industries] before LSKD, from 2007 to 2018. I transitioned the brand to LKI in 2007. How are you handling that?

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LSKD appoints first chief retail officer as part of its “audacious” growth plan

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Australian athleisure brand LSKD has appointed its first chief retail officer, the former director of retail for Lululemon ANZ Alex Shaughnessy, as part of its strategy to become a world-class retailer. It was founded in 2007 by Jason Daniel and now has eight retail stores in Australia, one in San Diego, US , with two new stores coming soon.

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Mad Mex exits Asia. Here’s the new growth strategy for Australia

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The move marks the end of the company’s ambitious expansion plan in Asia, shifting focus to the Australian market for the foreseeable future. I started this business in 2007 and we’ve worked tirelessly over the last 15 years to build it so it’s great to be back to 100 per cent ownership. I’m very excited.

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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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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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