All Australia articles – Page 6
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on WHSmith, Tesco, Carphone Warehouse and more
Retail news round-up on December 4, 2014: WHSmith buys Supanews in Australia; Tesco hunts for chairman from outside of retail; Carphone Warehouse opens data centre; and Phones 4U mulls VAT issue.
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Coles outpaces Australian grocery rival Woolworths for 25th quarter
Australian grocer Coles’ like-for-like sales have outpaced rival supermarket Woolworths for the 25th consecutive quarter.
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Asos will benefit from overseas price cuts within six months, says Nick Robertson
Asos boss Nick Robertson said its investment in cutting prices overseas will start paying off within six months as he attempts to stop the slowdown.
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Boden launches in Australia as it unveils flat profits in 2013
Fashion retailer Boden has launched in Australia and unveiled flat profits in 2013 after it invested to propel its international growth.
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Australian stationer Smiggle to double store count before Christmas
Smiggle will open 10 new stores before Christmas in high profile locations including the Bullring, Westfield London and Meadowhall.
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Analysis
At a glance: Industrie, the Australian retailer with UK expansion plans
As Australian menswear retailer Industrie reportedly seeks to expand its presence in the UK by opening up to 30 new stores, Retail Week takes a look at the company.
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Opinion
Comment: Digital wallets can turn high street challenges into opportunity
As one in five high street shops potentially face closure by 2018, could digital wallets prove to be the tonic town centres need?
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Opinion
Blog: Will Sports Direct work Down Under?
Sports Direct is the latest retailer to venture Down Under with an online tie-up with Australian etailer MySale and a smattering of stores in Oz and New Zealand in the offing.
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Map: Sports Direct's international store footprint as it plans Australian launch
Sports Direct aims to launch into Australia and New Zealand with four flagship stores later this year. But Sports Direct already has a well-established overseas network. Discover its store footprint below.
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Sports Direct partners with MySale to launch in Australia and New Zealand
Sports Direct is set to launch down under as part of a deal with Australian online fashion marketplace MySale.
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Phase Eight enters a new phase as it drives forward with global ambitions
Phase Eight has posted record annual results driven by its international growth as it plans to become a global business.
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Analysis
Interview: Paperchase boss Timothy Melgund writes the retailer's future
Paperchase’s chief executive Timothy Melgund speaks exclusively to Retail Week about paper versus digital and his global ambitions for the premium stationery retailer.
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Analysis
Analysis: Have the wheels come off Asos or has it just hit a bump in the road?
Asos boss Nick Robertson insists the etailer’s profit warning is just a “bump in the road”, but have the wheels come off UK etail’s biggest success story?
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BrandAlley plots Australian debut as profitability nears
BrandAlley will start shipping overseas later this year and chief executive Rob Feldmann touted Australia is its “perfect market”.
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Arcadia owner Sir Philip Green acquires 25% stake in Australian fashion site
Arcadia owner Sir Philip Green has bought a 25% stake in an Australian online fashion site in his first foray into online pure play.
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Top Marks & Spencer online manager leaves to join Target
A senior member of Marks & Spencer’s dotcom team has left to join Australian retailer target.
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Coles boss Ian McLeod to take up group role
Australian grocer Coles’ managing director Ian McLeod is to leave his role in July to take up a senior role at the retailer’s owner Wesfarmers Group.
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Asos’ Australian arm hit by technical glitch
Asos left its Australian customer base frustrated last weekend when an IT fault meant orders were delayed or were not delivered.
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Australia 'not a great place to be', says Asos boss
Asos boss Nick Robertson admitted that Australia was “not a great place to be” as the weak Australian dollar stunted its growth in the country.
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Analysis
Innovation watch: Mixing coffee, whisky and shirts at Sydney's Shirt Bar
Nestled among the Amex, Westpac and Macquarie banks in the financial district of Sydney, Shirt Bar is a shirt store with a difference.