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What’s driving the explosion of Australian retail acquisitions?

Inside Retail

The deal marked an enormous increase in the brand’s valuation since Brazil’s Natura & Co purchased a 65 per cent stake in Aesop for about $70 million in 2012, signalling its unparalleled standing as a category leader. In contrast, “the reacquisition was very quick, which is the case when buying businesses out of administration.

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“I can see the evolution of retail”: Catch’s head of e-commerce

Inside Retail

It’s not actually in the shopping centre.” “That’s where my heart is” Hatton got her start in e-commerce in 2012 while studying biotechnology at university. “I “I think that will innately come over the next five or 10 years as businesses truly understand that the first thing a customer sees is on their phone.

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First look: V&A’s 1900-Now gallery brings “the history of design to life”

Design Week

“We started by looking at what really engages contemporary audiences,” Ross says, which meant a broad survey of newspaper coverage and Google searches. Black graphic designer Thomas Miller, based in Chicago, US until his death in 2012, is also featured.

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AXOR x Starck: Celebrating a Design Partnership of 30 Years

Design Middleeast

In 1994, Starck contrasted the “wet room” with the Salon d’Eau, literally translated as the “Water Living Room”. This is also based on the conviction that real progress is more likely to be made if all those involved are given as much freedom of design as possible and if they engage in an open, appreciative dialog.

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Proudly made in China: How Chinese consumers are reclaiming domestic brands

Inside Retail

Bain & Co reported growth in luxury-goods spending falling from 7 per cent in 2012 to 2 per cent the following year, with Western luxury brands in particular taking a hit. Founded in 2012, lingerie label Neiwai (meaning ‘inside and outside’) is another direct-to-consumer label that began online. CASE STUDY : Neiwai.

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First look: V&A’s 1900-Now gallery brings “the history of design to life”

Design Week

“We started by looking at what really engages contemporary audiences,” Ross says, which meant a broad survey of newspaper coverage and Google searches. Black graphic designer Thomas Miller, based in Chicago, US until his death in 2012, is also featured.

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