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SurfStitch managing director stepping down this week

Inside Retail

Justin Hillberg, managing director of shared services of SurfStitch-owner Alquemie Group, is stepping down from his role leading the surf brand’s restructure at the end of this week. Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018.

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Is Woolworths leading industry change by not stocking Australia Day merch?

Inside Retail

Woolworths Group’s announcement earlier this month that it will no longer sell Australia Day-themed merchandise for the upcoming national holiday due to “a decline in demand” has been met with praise by supporters and calls for a boycott by critics.

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EuroShop 2023 Preview

Retail Focus

EuroShop 2023 will also be focusing on key topics such as Connected Retail, Smart Store, Energy Management, Third Places, Customer Centricity, Experience and Lively City Centres. One of the key dimensions of EuroShop 2023 is Shop Fitting, Store Design & Visual Merchandising, which is the heart of EuroShop and its largest dimension.

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How Parachute’s consistent marketing and quality designs won over millennials

Inside Retail

Launched in 2014 by former digital strategist and account planner Ariel Kaye, Parachute is a minimalist brand designed with the millennial consumer in mind. With the increasing financial power of this generation of shoppers, opportunities for newer, trendier brands to tap into this space have exponentially opened up over the past decade.

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Analysis: Why Abercrombie & Fitch’s turnaround has not been cancelled

Inside Retail

A turnaround program was set in motion in 2014, focused on cost-cutting and trendier merchandise that abandoned its logo-centric designs to a certain extent. Long-time CEO Michael Jeffries was ousted from A&F at the end of 2014, and was eventually succeeded by Fran Horowitz in 2017. Repositioning to cater to older crowd.

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Good, better, best: How Myer is winning during the ‘shift to thrift’

Inside Retail

Last month, the department store reported its highest interim profit since 2014. To pull it off, you need to give a lot of thought to merchandising and pricing. If, like King, you’re seeing parallels between the current economic situation and the GFC, it might be worth giving this approach a shot.

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Retail appointments for the week

Inside Retail

Martin Wood, who joined Cartology last year from oOh Media, has been promoted to head of Strategic Partnerships and Matt Gower, former head of Research at News Corp, has joined the business as senior manager of Research and Insights. Donna James, managing director at Lardon & Associates LLC, will be the new chair.