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Premier Retail to close four Sydney stores despite good performance

Inside Retail

Premier Retail says it achieved a modest increase in sales for the half year to January 29, despite losing 42,000 trading days to Covid-related lockdowns and movement restrictions. Peter Alexander, Smiggle and Portmans will close by March and Just Jeans by no later than July. “The

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Accent Group launches first 4Workers store today in Melbourne

Inside Retail

4Workers has been established to fill a gap in the market of workwear that’s easily accessible, convenient and high-quality, offering a good, better, best strategy of product,” said 4Workers general manager Armando Pedruco. “By

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From poverty to billions. Vale: Leonardo del Vecchio, founder of Luxottica

Inside Retail

After a difficult start when it almost went bust, the company started making its own glasses a decade later and expanded rapidly in the 1980s when Del Vecchio spotted the value of making spectacles as a fashion accessory rather than a necessity. Acquisitions were also part of the Del Vecchio strategy. HANDS-ON MANAGER.

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The strengths and weaknesses of Nordstrom’s bid to go private

Inside Retail

In addition to footwear, the solo operation slowly but surely expanded into other retail categories including beauty, apparel and accessories as it grew into an internationally recognised retail chain. The post The strengths and weaknesses of Nordstrom’s bid to go private appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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From cradle to grave: Why Pet Lovers Centre is launching cremation services

Inside Retail

Pet Lovers Centre, the largest pet care retail chain in Singapore and Southeast Asia, aims to ease its customers’ pain through a new joint venture with pet crematorium and columbarium, Mandai Pets Sanctuary. On the marketing front, the company uses Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to connect with the younger crowd.

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How Dubai sportswear giant GMG aims to crack the Southeast Asia market

Inside Retail

GMG is a Dubai-based company with distribution rights for more than 120 global brands in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and a portfolio of multi-brand retail chains across sports, food and beauty. It recently opened its first corporate office in Singapore, marking a significant milestone in the company’s expansion strategy.

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A marriage of convenience? Myer’s acquisition of Premier’s apparel brands

Inside Retail

The potential merger of Lew’s retail interests after the decision to spin off the growth brands, Smiggle and Peter Alexander, into new listed entities cleans up his investments. The problem with spinning off those two well performed retail chains was that it left Lew and Premier Retail’s less dynamic apparel brands stranded.

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