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The store offers the brand’s celebrated collections including tutus, dresses, resortwear, and accessories crafted for young fashion enthusiasts. ­­The The company plans to further boost its growth in global markets, as well as launch its first ready-to-wear collection featuring boucle coats, jackets and guipure next year.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The downfall of the almost 40-year-old business raises the question of whether this is a sign of things to come as retailers struggle to compete with the increasing e-commerce capabilities and convenience of retail goliaths on the global market, or whether it is a case of Harrolds facing a ‘perfect storm’ of challenges on multiple fronts.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

The luxury market is categorised by its exclusivity, maintained through a combination of high price points, consciously limited product volumes, reputation and customer experience, amongst other factors. Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world. billion in 2024.

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JUNE 25, 2024

A prospective backdoor listing and a marriage of convenience have enlivened end of financial year stock market prognostications. After some six years spent exploring and preparing for a stock market listing, Chemist Warehouse believes the Sigma backdoor listing is its best option and will not adversely impact on competition in the market.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Department store group Myer has proposed to combine its business with Premier Investments’ Apparel Brands, comprising Just Jeans, Jay Jays, Portmans, Jacqui E and Dotti. The proposal is non-binding, indicative and conditional.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

Clothing, footwear, and accessories grew 0.5 billion, and department stores went up 0.1 July turnover grew 2.3 per cent year over year to $36.16 billion, with the ‘other retailing’ segment, which includes cosmetics, sports, and recreational goods, recording the highest growth, of 5.5 per cent, reaching $5.66

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APRIL 26, 2021

Fulfilment by GlamCorner now sees the platform handling the logistics of clothing rental on behalf of fashion brands, including warehousing, cleaning, shipping and returns, and giving brands their own rental stores, which they can embed in their e-commerce sites and promote to customers. The ‘Attenborough’ effect.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

Department store giant David Jones unveiled the latest Spring/Summer collections this week in its Elizabeth Street flagship in Sydney. The runway featured local and international brands such as Aje, Camilla and Marc, Hugo Boss, P.E. Nation, Carla Zampatti, Matteau, Balmain, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen.

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JUNE 25, 2024

The move comes at a time when South Korea is experiencing an influx of international luxury brands establishing a presence in the market. Another noteworthy addition to the South Korean luxury market was the Olsen twins’ luxury label The Row. Meanwhile, Louis Vuitton’s sales dropped 2.4 per cent last year to 1.65

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Wirth’s leadership has focused on in-store enhancements, customer loyalty, and curated brand partnerships, helping Myer adapt to and anticipate market shifts,” she added. In his view, successful brands are those that answer the customer’s question, or in other words, meet the customer’s demand. “If

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AUGUST 8, 2024

The growing luxury pet market There has been notable growth in the pet retail industry in recent years, largely thanks to mass adoption rates post-pandemic and the ever-growing humanisation of pets. confirmed that the global luxury pet accessories market alone was worth around US$3.8 billion in 2022.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

“Mosaic Brands continues to be an exciting opportunity to reshape a business with a clearly defined market proposition for its target customers, and employees, that we can be proud of,” Berchtold said in a statement. Today, a physical presence is a brand’s most manageable, tangible, and measurable marketing tool,” Gray reaffirmed.

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MARCH 27, 2023

The group – which owns and operates brands including Dotti, Peter Alexander, Just Jeans, Smiggle, Portmans and Jacqui E, and features over 1,100 stores across six countries – saw net profit after tax rise by 6.5 Smiggle was a particularly strong performer, with sales for the stationary and accessory brand up by 30 per cent growth.

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JUNE 25, 2024

The move comes at a time when South Korea is experiencing an influx of international luxury brands establishing a presence in the market. Another noteworthy addition to the South Korean luxury market was the Olsen twins’ luxury label The Row. Meanwhile, Louis Vuitton’s sales dropped 2.4 per cent last year to 1.65

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MAY 10, 2021

On Thursday, Ikea will be launching a limited edition 10-piece clothing and accessories range in Australia, both online and in-stores. Meanwhile, its Japanese competitor Muji also sells apparel and accessories alongside homewares and furnishings. It’s not the first time furniture retailers have become lifestyle brands.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Cutting through According to Annabel Pittendrigh, a client executive at Bastion Insights, many Australian retailers have missed the mark when it comes to customising and tailoring their marketing and communication efforts to resonate with these diasporic communities.

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AUGUST 15, 2021

Established as a denim brand in Italy in 1981, Replay sells a comprehensive range of apparel, accessories and footwear for men, women and children under the Replay, Replay & Sons and We Are Replay brands. PAS Group plans to open three to five Replay stores before deciding on a broader rollout. Fills a gap. 550 million company.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Australian online marketplace The Iconic added a new string to its bow last week with the addition of the Home category, extending its 80,000-strong product range with contemporary homewares; from bedding, kitchen and bath accessories to tech, aromatherapy and artwork. Tapping into Millennial market.

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AUGUST 13, 2023

But while the strategic acquisition makes a lot of sense on paper – expanding Tapestry’s portfolio in the over $200 billion global luxury apparel, handbags, accessories and footwear market, and delivering an anticipated $200 million in run-rate cost synergies – industry experts question remain cautious. “As

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JUNE 12, 2024

Having operated in Asia for more than a decade with Hong Kong as its sole market, the French fashion label American Vintage now has larger ambitions. The brand recently opened its first Mainland China store in Shanghai, and it is just the start of its goal to further capture high-spending Chinese consumers in the region.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Department-store chain M&S has joined hands with the UK rental platform Hirestreet to venture into the rental sector ahead of the year-end season. . Clothing rental is a growing market,” said Katie Bickerstaffe, COO of M&S. “As According to GlobalData, the UK clothing rental market value is expected to reach £2.3

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Located alongside the Rodd & Gunn concession at the department store, The Lodge Bar deliver a multi-functional retail experience, where customers can browse the brand’s latest collection and enjoy wine and food at the same place. This memorable launch marks the start of big things to come within the market,” the company said.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Australian activewear brand Do You Even marked the start of its Big W retail partnership and its first range being stocked in the discount department store with a consumer launch event. Big W gives us the platform to connect with a new audience and expand our reach,” Ozturk said.

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APRIL 15, 2021

With over 200 stores and a slew of international brands, including Celine, Ganni, Levi’s and Reebok, United Arrows is one of the country’s largest select shops, which is a kind of mini department store. Brothers Omar and Zane Sabré (l to r) started the accessories label in 2017. Image: Supplied. Focus on Asia.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Seven months after Country Road’s CEO Scott Fyfe stepped across to lead department store stablemate David Jones the Australian fashion brand has settled on a new leader: Raju Vuppalapati. Prior to his time at RM Williams, Vuppalapati worked at Levi Strauss & Co.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

per cent) and department stores (down 0.4 But clothing, footwear and accessories are up 2 per cent, food retailers are up 1 per cent while cafes and restaurants are also enjoying a 1.3 Regardless of the size of your business, now is the time to review your marketing plans. per cent bump.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Customers were spending more on clothing, footwear and personal accessories, department stores and cafes and restaurants in July 2022, compared to the 12 months prior, and consumer sentiment was also up, by 3.9 According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), retail sales were up 19.2

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

The French Government’s international trade agency, Business France, has launched an online showroom to connect French fashion and accessories brands with industry professionals in the APAC region. We really hope that 2022 will allow us to be able to invest in marketing campaigns again,” she said. “We

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JULY 18, 2024

per cent of the luxury eyewear market. The advantage is that the streetwear label is backed by an investor who is performing and knows global markets. Scaling the Supreme sunglasses collection is the obvious low-hanging fruit and could open up huge distribution opportunities in all the world’s department stores.

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JULY 9, 2023

It’s a tricky course being a heritage brand, especially a mass-market fashion one. But Bonds is owning the space and pushing it out to mass market Australia. It’s a brand that can do edgy yet still sell good value undies and loungewear both in its own stores and site, in department stores or even at the supermarket.

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MAY 28, 2024

Grenade said the brand develops specific products for the Asian market to adapt to the culture by offering different cuts. “We We are also launching capsules dedicated to this market, such as for the Chinese New Year, and this year we will be launching a luxury range only available in Asia,” he added. per cent in digital, 68.9

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Set to launch in July 2023 – after the opening of the new luxury precinct at terminal one (T1) – Heinemann is pioneering the department store concept inside domestic terminal two (T2) and three (T3), with the retail mix curated to reflect each terminal’s passenger base. Proof of concept.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, last month Designworks, the wholesale arm of Brand Collective, a leading house of lifestyle brands in Australia, announced that it was relaunching Pavement in the marketplace through the discount department store Big W. Are there plans for expansion beyond this partnership?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Inflationary pressure on consumer discretionary spending, supply chain disruptions and elevated inventory levels, which tie up a retailers’ net working capital, are set to create the perfect storm for retailers that do not have a strategy in place to ensure they are well positioned for the choppy market conditions ahead.

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Looking at retail disturbances in an oversimplified way, the first major disruption in retail was the emergence of department stores. These department stores were typically found in major cities, catering to urban consumers’ needs. This era was often described as consumer warfare.

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JANUARY 23, 2022

According to the post, Amazon Style will offer women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories from hundreds of popular and emerging brands, and include several innovative features, such as tailored, real-time recommendations.

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JULY 21, 2021

There’s no doubt that Shoes & Sox is the market-leading retailer of children’s shoes,” he said. Our retail footprint does not reflect our market-leading position, so there’s enormous organic growth there through rollouts.”. He also sees further room for growth in the Superdry store network. “We’re

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