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US furniture chain Blu Dot opens its doors in Melbourne

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Blu Dot MD Brett Conroy shared that after discovering the brand in Dwell magazine in 2009 and visiting Blu Dot’s showroom in New York’s SoHo while on holiday in 2011, he was “instantly smitten”. “I

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The Daily Edited calls time on troubled venture, liquidator appointed

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The Daily Edited was launched in 2011 as a lifestyle blog and fashion label before expanding its business online and internationally. It is known for providing personalised luxury leather goods and accessories and collaborating with celebrities, including Hailey Baldwin, Amber Valetta and Lara Bingle. .

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Thrills takes the trek from Byron Bay to Bondi

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Founded in 2011, the brand is known for its sustainably sourced, vintage-inspired collection. Thrills, the Byron Bay clothing brand, has opened a flagship store on Bondi Beach’s Campbell Parade, one of two new stores in Sydney within weeks.

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“We’ve got aspirations to be a global business”: SkinKandy CEO on growth drivers

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Two elements are really exciting and one is that there is a broader acceptance and normalisation of piercing as part of a fashion accessory and part of a subculture that is mainstream now,” Friis said. SkinKandy opened its first store in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast in 2011 and is now in an explosive growth phase.

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‘Everybody’s got a Levi’s story’: Chip Bergh reflects on his legacy

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Bergh, who has served as president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co since 2011, is reflecting on his legacy as he prepares to hand over the reins of the $6 billion global business to his successor Michelle Gass, the former CEO of American department store chain Kohl’s, who joined Levi’s earlier this year. “The It was pivotal,” he says.

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Kith Women Flagship in Soho combines walnut and pink marble

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The inaugural Kith Women Flagship in Soho opened last December at 644 Broadway, the same historic landmark building where the brand debuted its Manhattan retail offering in 2011. A row of square walnut podiums runs through the middle of the room, each with an olive tree growing up through the centre of its pink marble surface.

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Abercrombie & Fitch reinvents Gilly Hicks as gender-inclusive Gen Z brand

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A Gilly Hicks shopping bag photographed in Chicago in 2011 when the brand was expanding its original store network. Image: Robert Stockdill. The company said that Gilly Hicks “carveout locations” in Hollister stores are expected to be enhanced soon.

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