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Breaking: Founder, CEO Julie Mathers to leave online retailer Flora & Fauna

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Flora & Fauna (F&F) founder and CEO Julie Mathers has resigned from the eco-friendly online retail business she started in 2014 and sold to beauty and wellness business BWX less than a year ago. Mathers started Flora & Fauna in 2014 to help people make better choices for the planet. A model for purpose-driven leadership.

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J Crew’s catalogue proves that print is still king in the fashion industry

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After discontinuing its paper mailer in 2017, the J Crew catalogue is back. The return of the J Crew catalogue was a deliverable that Wadle promised in a LinkedIn post back in 2020 when she first announced that she would be taking the helm of the brand – but there was already wide consumer demand for its return.

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Behind Abercrombie & Fitch Co’s record results lies a decade-long reinvention

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At the time, Abercrombie & Fitch was still struggling to find its footing following the exit of CEO Michael Jeffries, who stepped down in December 2014 after 11 consecutive quarters of sales decline. Abercrombie & Fitch Co’s portfolio includes Abercrombie & Fitch, Abercrombie Kids, Hollister and Gilly Hicksin.

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Too big to be small: Why retailers like Brosa struggle post-Covid

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Co-founded in 2014 by David Wei and Ivan Lim, the brand was an official partner of this year’s Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, and experienced rapid growth throughout the pandemic. Brosa attracted $5 million in Series B funding in 2017. Digital furniture retailer Brosa collapsed into voluntary administration on December 14.

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Luxury experts weigh in on how Burberry can rebuild its premium brand identity

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While the luxury sector remains uncertain as Chinese consumer demand slows, industry experts think Burberry’s staggering performance indicates deeper, systemic issues within the brand. It is all very well having a new brand vision: but you need to take consumers with you on that journey,” Saunders added. What has gone wrong?

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Why so many global brands fail in Australia

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In other instances, the ventures’ failures had more to do with retail store concepts that simply didn’t work in Australia, poor market research and an attitude that Aussie consumers will buy ‘what we want to sell’ rather than asking what they would want to buy.

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What Stitch Fix signals about the future of personalised subscription boxes

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As the world leaves that era in the rearview mirror, many businesses are facing the same dilemma on how to adapt to an ever-changing consumer landscape. After launching in 2009, it was acquired by Nordstrom for US$350 million in 2014, before shutting down in 2022. What and who is Stitch Fix?

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