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How two sisters created Francesca Jewellery from a Tasmanian market stall

Inside Retail

A beading class in the rural town of Hawksnest, NSW, was the catalyst for sisters Rachel Vasieck and Hanna Vasieck to launch their on-trend designer jewellery label Francesca Jewellery in 2011. The Tasmanian brand opened its first store in Hobart in 2013, followed by a flagship store three years later at Melbourne Central. Rachel Vasieck, who, as a teenager, was an apprentice to her older sister, making hand-beaded jewellery, spoke to Inside Retail about her career journey since turning down a l

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Lutron joins hands as the Gold Sponsor for the Design Middle East Awards KSA 2024

Design Middleeast

We are pleased to announce that Lutron is the Gold Sponsor for the Design Middle East Awards KSA 2024, which will be held on March 4 at Voco Riyadh. Lutron is a technology-centered and people-driven company. As a private corporation guided by its founder’s simple but profound five principles, Lutron has a long history of significant growth and smart innovations.

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Four retail leaders weigh in on the year ahead

Inside Retail

As 2024 gets underway, what are the greatest challenges and opportunities facing retail? Here is a glimpse at the top priorities of the leaders of some of the country’s biggest retailers in the year ahead. Angus McKay, CEO & managing director, 7-Eleven KPMG: What do you see as the greatest challenge to Australian retail in the year ahead? Is this a new challenge vs prior years?

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As wine shipments flow into China again, brands face falling alcohol consumption

Inside Retail

Australian wine-makers have shipped millions of bottles of wine to Hong Kong in a bet that China will soon lift tariffs on Australian wine and revive a trade worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to industry figures and trade data. Australia sent wine worth almost $800 million to China in the year to November 2020, when Beijing responded to a call in Canberra for an inquiry into the origins of Covid-19 by blocking imports.

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Is Your Business AI-Ready? Find Out with Orium’s Maturity Model

Generative AI is poised to redefine B2B, but scaling AI success in this space isn’t without obstacles. From fragmented data sources and complex buyer journeys to operational inefficiencies, the road to AI-powered growth can be challenging. To achieve a competitive edge, understanding your organization’s AI-readiness is essential. Orium's Data & AI Maturity Model provides a quick, actionable way to assess your starting point.

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What the bankruptcy of biotech darling Amyris means for the beauty industry

Inside Retail

Amyris has built its reputation as a biotech innovator since its founding 20 years ago by looking to develop a treatment for malaria. Today, the American firm is best known for its stable of celebrity beauty and wellness brands that it is auctioning off at a discount following its filing for Chapter 11. The company is positioning its voluntary bankruptcy as a move towards its operational and financial restructuring to advance its ongoing strategic transformation for long-term success.

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Zalora, Shopback and BridgerPay: Revolutionising the customer payment experience

Inside Retail

Before the pandemic, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) wasn’t a big thing. During and after the pandemic, BNPL has exploded. From a retailer/merchant perspective, Zalora has seen a huge increase in BNPL demand year-on-year. During the pandemic, Zalora wanted to help their clients, said Kannan Rajaratnam. “We wanted to give users the ability to better manage their cash flow.

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