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APRIL 8, 2021

Dutch fashion retailer Scotch & Soda is accelerating its global expansion plans with a total of 15 new brick-and-mortar stores and 12 shop-in-shops opening worldwide over the next six months. IR: How are you planning to grow the brand in Asia Pacific?

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JULY 17, 2024

The gelato chain has another six stores in the pipeline to open across the country in 2024, and plans to maintain this trajectory for the next five years. Gelatissimo’s strategic growth plan includes expanding into Perth and regional Australia, as well as other cities and coastal towns.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Part of that ‘fresh start’ comes from the fact that Black Pepper, together with the rest of former-owner PAS Group’s brand library, was subsumed by Brand Collective in 2022 – which delivered fresh funding and a new audience.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Customer experience LSKD has ‘audacious’ growth plans for the next few years and Shaughnessy is expected to play a key role in helping the brand create a unique in-store experience and ensuring the right products are stocked in each store. LSKD was recently named ‘Business of the Year’ in the 2024 Telstra Best of Business Awards.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

According to Research and Markets, Malaysia is projected to experience significant growth in its high-net-worth demographic, with an estimated increase of 320 individuals in this segment from 2022 to 2027, which will further drive the demand for premium accessories and fine jewellery.

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JULY 18, 2023

The rebranding is part of a $370 million, three-year transformation plan for the company which will see older stores revamped and an upgraded customer loyalty program. The post Woolworths plans $370 million rebrand, upgrade of its NZ store network appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2022

With 2022 as the first year of MAPIC’s fully-fledged return post-pandemic, the atmosphere has been optimistic and energetic, with people looking forward to the experience of in-person retail and interactions. Each year, MAPIC hosts some of the retail real estate industry’s largest leasing announcements—and 2022 was no different.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

Frasers Group plc today announced plans for three more FLANNELS flagship stores. The plans will see FLANNELS flagships open in Leeds, Cardiff, and Gateshead, all upwards of 80,000 sq. The expansion plans will see significant investment from Frasers Group plc, with Leeds, Cardiff and Metrocentre flagships anticipated to open late 2023.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

Woolworths Group has pulled the plug on plans to open a Dan Murphy’s store in Darwin after an independent panel ruled that the development should not go ahead. The retailer also flagged that the timeframe for regulatory approval has been extended to February 2022.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Bastas’ DBG Group initially bought a 50 per cent in MCoBeauty in 2022, which AFR ‘s sources said was valued at least $500 million. The brand plans to venture into Europe as its next market, the AFR said, citing Sullivan. It has taken market share from popular brands such as L’Oreal, Rimmel and Maybelline.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

The brand – which is opening its flagship store in February after a four-month pop-up at the Birkenhead Point Outlet – achieved 250 per cent year-on-year growth in December 2022. The post Bondi Active on its new flagship store and international expansion plans appeared first on Inside Retail. So it’s not a complete unknown for them.”.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This sentiment was also echoed by Emma Clegg, co-founder of Jam the label, whose runway at AFW 2022 broke the Melbourne-based brand into the fashion mainstream and put a necessary spotlight on ‘adaptive clothing’. According to Francisco, Ngali was planning to show its resort collection at AFW next year.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Five Guys launched in Sydney inGeorge Street in 2022, and followed up with two central locations in Melbourne. Looking ahead, the burger chain plans to add another 20 stores to the Australian footprint within five years. Pedestrians and commuters can access Five Guys via two station entrances.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Stuart and Samantha Cook launched the vegan fast-food brand amid rapid growth in the plant-based food market and had plans to franchise the chain. In 2022 he told Franchise Executives the brand would franchise in 2023 and announced the ambition to open 1000 restaurants within 10 years. and a $2.4m net loss for FY23.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

billion in 2022. In April 2024, it announced it planned to invest $490 million in opening two new fulfilment centres in Horsley Park, Western Sydney, with one to open later in 2025 and the other by 2026. Amazon announced it posted over $3.1 million customers, reaching 7.9

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JUNE 14, 2024

Established in 2022, the yogurt shop is known for its buffet-style bar that allows customers to create their own frozen yogurt or acai desserts. Yo-Chi plans to open more stores in Bondi Beach, West End, Coogee, and Robina later this year. The post Froyo chain Yo-Chi marks growth milestone appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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APRIL 2, 2025

After being sold by Unilever to CVC Capital Partners in 2021, T2 found itself under the umbrella of the newly independent Lipton Teas and Infusions in 2022, following the divestment of Unilevers tea business. The brand’s journey took a series of unexpected turns in recent years.

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APRIL 12, 2021

Sydney-based gelato brand Gelatissimo is to enter the US market this year – and will accelerate its expansion plan in Australia. Global expansion is at the heart of our strategic plan for 2021/22,” said Filipe Barbosa, CEO at Gelatissimo, in a statement.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Instant delivery startup Milkrun unsuccessfully sought new investment on two occasions in 2022, The Australian reports, suggesting the sector is struggling to adapt with a rapidly changing economic environment. The pitch deck was from April 2022 and was already leaked by SMH in June last year,” Milham said.

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JUNE 9, 2022

The nation’s signature gold and green palate are weaved into tailored sports coats, polos and apparel which also includes the Australian Commonwealth Games Team’s Birmingham 2022 logo. The Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 will take place between July 22 and August 8 this year.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

“On the back of real retail turnover per capita not growing since mid-2022, consumers are planning to spend $1002 on average this year, down 18.9 In addition, 48 per cent expect to purchase fewer goods and services and 95 per cent are looking into best deals as their priority.

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MARCH 2, 2025

In 2022 alone, the price of food shot up by nearly 10 per cent year-over-year, faster than any year since 1979, as reported by the US Department of Agriculture. The protest follows months of rising prices on goods and services and more recently, many companies rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

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APRIL 25, 2024

By 2026, Mango plans to open 500 stores in key markets such as Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. The country is one of our international growth key markets with an ambitious expansion plan to become one of Mango’s top three markets in terms of sales in 2026.

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JUNE 25, 2024

A merger with Sigma Pharmaceuticals remains the preferred option for restructuring Chemist Warehouse but if that plan is quashed by regulators or Sigma shareholders there is a plan B. A straightforward initial public offering is a live option for Chemist Warehouse following extensive planning over six years.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Inside Retail spoke with Mauro Maggioni, Golden Gooses Apac CEO, about how the business plans to grow its market share in the global US$39.91 billion luxury footwear market and its plans for Australia. We are excited to expand further in Apac, with more Forward Stores planned for 2025, including one in Australia.

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MARCH 13, 2023

In what the national property agency CBRE described as a ‘flash survey’, 83 per cent of Australian respondents across a snapshot of the Asia Pacific region indicated expansion plans. The lift in sales followed a disappointing 4 per cent in December 2022 underpinning a 1.6 per cent month-on-month to $35.09 billion in January 2023.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In Taiwan, where Rocket Delivery launched in late 2022, Coupang has gained momentum with 23 per cent quarter-over-quarter revenue growth. billion in revenue while significantly reducing losses to just $34 million a substantial improvement compared to its last publicly reported financials in 2022, when it recorded $2.3

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Mastercard has announced plans to remove the 16-digit number from their credit and debit cards by 2030 in a move designed to stamp out identity theft and fraudulent use of cards. For example, the 2022 Optus data breach exposed information from customers who had previously held accounts with the telco back in 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

“We continue to see this channel accelerate with many customers moving to online & EziBuy is a natural fit for the Group and has a strong growth plan to deliver on.”. The payment of $11 million has been deferred to no later than June 2022.

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MARCH 14, 2024

In a call with analysts on March 12, Zwillinger stated that the company plans to close between 10 and 15 underperforming US stores in 2024, about a third of its total number. Allbirds went from having 22 brick-and-mortar global stores in 2020, to 35 in 2022, before rapidly ending up with 58 locations by the end of 2022.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Spring added he plans to trade the business through the administration process and is optimistic about the future of the company. Liquor Loot and two related entities have appointed Jirsch Sutherland’s Andrew Spring and Trent Devine as joint administrators.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

Planning the treat me moments The Australian gift card industry is experiencing substantial growth with the total gift card market value expected to reach US$10.1 billion in 2028, up from $4.8 billion in 2020. We predict that in 2025, this figure is going to increase.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

The planned law, similar to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act legislation, could make it easier for people to move among competing services, such as social media platforms, internet browsers and app stores.

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JULY 13, 2021

Woolworths has announced plans for a new online fulfilment centre in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire, aiming to better serve the region spanning from Engadine to Kurnell – adding a further 15,000 potential customers to its home delivery and direct-to-boot pick up offers. An artist’s render of the site. Source: Supplied.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

In the past three years, the average employee experienced 10 planned enterprise changes, up from two in 2016. Its exhausting and the Harvard Business Review tells us that employees willingness to support enterprise change collapsed to just 43 per cent in 2022 compared to 74 per cent in 2016. Language matters.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

The company’s trustees have initiated a final liquidation due to the lack of cash flow and a recovery plan. Parent company Habitat Design International, which employs 68 people and had a turnover of $84 million in 2022, will also cease to exist. The fate of five other shops in Barcelona, Geneva, Madrid, Milan and Zurich is unclear.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The allegations involve 266 products at Woolworths between September 2021 and May 2023 and 245 products at Coles between February 2022 and May 2023. ” The ACCC filed separate proceedings in the Federal Court against Woolworths and Coles.

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