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JULY 4, 2021

It’s been a rollercoaster ride since the class actions were mooted back in 2017. However, the law firm had its knuckles metaphorically rapped when it was forced to retract statements made to franchisees in 2017. A statement from the convenience chain confirmed the settlement but gave no insight into the details of the agreement. “7-Eleven

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Shine Lawyers filed the lawsuit at the Federal Court of Australia on behalf of these employees who worked at certain KFC stores from December 4, 2017 to December 4, this year. Franchisee Collins Foods has confirmed the receipt of a class action claim from certain KFC employees who allegedly were not provided paid 10-minute rest breaks.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

” follows the original Fresh Forward brand reset in 2017. Subway has revealed its latest restaurant image, set for a global rollout in 2025. The “Fresh Forward 2.0.” Since then more than 20,000 restaurants worldwide have remodelled or built new locations in Subway’s modern image.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Since its expansion into Australia in 2017, the retailer has opened 78 stores including the new TK Maxx store in WA. The retailer sells big brands at affordable prices across a huge range of products including women’s, men’s and kids’ fashion, shoes, accessories, homewares, beauty and toys.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

Sol Bowl founder Lilly Semaan launched the healthy-fast-food business as Soul Bowl in Parramatta in 2017. There are another five Sol Bowl sites planned for New South Wales and ACT before FABE takes the brand interstate. She has since refined the branding and added locations in Baulkham Hills and Rosehill.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2024

per cent of Accent’s shares in November 2017 for $61 million and hit the 19 per cent mark in May 2022. Blundy, a director of Accent, has sold all of his 14.7 per cent stake in the company, which was valued at about $160 million. He first bought 14.4

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Vuchot was previously regional president of Asia North at DFS Group from 2011 to 2017 before becoming president of Asia at Sephora. LVMH-owned travel retail group DFS has announced the departure of its chairman and CEO Benjamin Vuchot, who is leaving the company to pursue other professional interests.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Driza-Bone, acquired by Propel Group in 2008, was merged with country apparel retailer RB Sellars in 2017. The deal, whose value has not been disclosed, marks Rinehart’s foray into fashion retail. The brand marked its 125th-anniversary this year. “We

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MAY 7, 2024

The committee also wants the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to update the 2017 National Food Waste Strategy to include a best-practice, nationwide approach to addressing food waste in the supermarket chain.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

The brand was acquired by Crescent Capital in 2017, but fell into voluntary administration in March 2020, largely due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last October, Crescent Capital appointed Deloitte to help sell the swimwear brand to capitalise on the high demand for beach apparel.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The brand was acquired by Crescent Capital in 2017, but fell into voluntary administration in March 2020, largely due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Deloitte is expected to prepare a flyer highlighting Tigerlily’s position in the apparel space within the coming weeks.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After years in private ownership, The Body Shop was bought by L’Oreal in 2006, which sold the business to Natura & Co in 2017. Previously, Aurelius acquired Footasylum from JD Sports and LSG Sky Chefs (LSG Group) from Deutsche Lufthansa.

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

It has already become one of the country’s leading and most trusted cosmetic and injectables brands with 17 clinics across five states since I founded the business in 2017,” Stormeur group chairman and managing director Dr Vivek Eranki said in a statement. “We are looking forward to the next phase of growth for Cosmetique.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 13, 2021

ADLV co-founders Jinmo and Jaemo Goo launched the streetwear business in 2017, and opened its first store in Korea’s Gangnam district. Korean clothing brand Acmé de la Vie (ADLV) is launching its first brick and mortar store in Australia this May at QV Melbourne, ahead of a local online store.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2024

In 2017, the Australian Financial Review reported that Myer slashed 50 jobs by outsourcing its contact centre and digital services functions. One employee was left “devastated” that about 60 per cent to 70 per cent of their team was made redundant leaving those left to pick up the workload – along with new team members in India.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This is TK Maxx’s 78th store in Australia since it started its operations in the country in 2017. Discount retail store TK Maxx has opened a store at Ocean Keys Shopping Centre in Clarkson, marking its entry into the WA market. TK Maxx is a subsidiary of US-headquartered apparel and home fashion discount retailer TJX Companies.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It acquired Driza-Bone in 2017 and Rossi Boots in 2020. Propel Group announced earlier this month it was selling the 125-year-old water-resistant coat and apparel brand Driza-Bone to S Kidman and Co for an undisclosed sum. Family-owned Propel Group is an Australian entity inspired by the landscape with community at its core.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Meanwhile, Fawkner Property representative CBRE noted that the sale represents Queensland’s largest regional shopping centre transaction since November 2017, when AMP acquired a 50 per cent stake in Indooroopilly Central from CSC for $800 million.

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APRIL 22, 2024

In 2017, the Australian Financial Review reported that Myer slashed 50 jobs by outsourcing its contact centre and digital services functions. One employee was left “devastated” that about 60 per cent to 70 per cent of their team was made redundant leaving those left to pick up the workload – along with new team members in India.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

RM Williams has opened its third UK store in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, the company’s first store outside Australia since 2017. The store joins RM Williams’ existing locations in London’s New Bond Street and Berwick Street, Soho.  Another UK store will open in Cambridge in December.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 1, 2021

Each summer since 2017, Dior’s artistic director, Maria Grazia Chiuri has enjoyed breezing into tony resorts with pop-ups. Opening the boutiques in two nerve centres of the Greek island, the house choose the centre of Chora for a single-floor pop-up and Nammos for a two-floor summer shopping emporium.

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JUNE 7, 2024

The launch follows the brand’s Australian website, introduced in 2017, and its success in New Zealand, where it now has 24 locations. We have plans to open three additional locations this year”. Mountain Warehouse, founded in 1997, runs 362 stores and several websites in nine countries.

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JUNE 4, 2023

In late 2021, the Fair Work Ombudsman said it believed Coles had underpaid thousands of salaried employees by $115 million since 2017.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

Peters joined Woolworths as MD of supermarkets in 2017, before taking on her current role in 2020. Claire Peters, Woolworths’ MD of B2B & Everyday Needs, has resigned to take up a new role with Amazon in the US.

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JULY 3, 2023

Anchored by Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets along with Kmart and Big W, the mall underwent an $80 million redevelopment in 2017 when a dining and entertainment precinct, an eight-screen Event Cinemas and a bowling alley were added.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Asset management firm PAG bought TCS in 2017 and has owned Red Rooster, Oporto and Chicken Treat parent Craveable Brands since 2019. TCS operates more than 220 stores across Australia and New Zealand. Ludski said PAG had left TCS in “excellent shape, with a strong brand , stable management team and successful franchisees”.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

.” Earlier, the ACCC found significant concerns with Petstock’s acquisition of Best Friends Pets, Pet City, Animal Tuckerbox, and Pet and Aquarium Warehouse in Eltham, Victoria between 2017 and 2022 without notifying the consumer watchdog.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

An award also went to personal alarms – for failing to deliver their primary purpose, to call a person’s nominated contacts in an emergency, “We’ve tested over 40 personal alarms in the Choice labs since we began reviewing them in 2017, but we still can’t recommend a single one.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

While the online marketplace launched in Australia in 2017, Kiwis have long needed to purchase goods from the US marketplace, according to the business, and will now be able to access faster delivery times from Australia’s warehouses.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The deal, which was negotiated by CBRE, represents the largest CBD shopping centre transaction since 2017, when Vicinity Centres acquired its 50 per cent interest in the same centres. Assets of this scale, quality and reputation are rarely sold,” said CBRE’s Head of Retail Capital Markets – Pacific, Simon Rooney.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2023

KKR invested in AVC in 2017 when the company only had 50 leasehold venues. PAG, an investment firm focused on Asia Pacific, has signed a definitive agreement with private equity company KKR to acquire food and beverage hospitality business Australian Venue Co (AVC) for an undisclosed amount.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Following on from the successful House of Colour Play store concept launch in 2017, ETUDE wanted to revisit the sweet and playful aesthetic of the brands roots with a renewed retail identity.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Gobbetti became CEO and joined Burberry’s board in 2017, succeeding Christopher Bailey who left the group the following year. “The board and I are naturally disappointed by Marco’s decision but we understand and fully respect his desire to return to Italy after nearly 20 years abroad”.

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JUNE 20, 2023

Benno Dorer, who has been VF’s Interim President and CEO since December 5, will continue to serve on the board, a role he has had since 2017. Darrell will join VF after serving as president and CEO of Logitech International since 2013.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 9, 2022

Established by identical twins Jae-Mo and Jin-Mo Gu in 2017, ADLV is known for its oversized “baby face” hoodies and t-shirts. The brand’s name, “acmé de la vie,” which translates as “the pinnacle of life,” is based on a French phrase.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Global investment manager LaSalle, which acquired the property in 2017, said that 17 new and existing tenants have already signed leasing agreements at the centre. Brisbane’s Post Office Square is going through a multi-million dollar redevelopment in anticipation of a resurgence of food courts as more workers return to offices.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

Founded in 2017, the architecture and interior design studio El Departamento, led by Alberto Eltini and Marina Martin, has worked with some of Spain’s most influential digital-native brands, including Nude Project, PJ Lobster, HOFF, Lady Pipa and Pompeii.

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