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Drummond Golf put up for sale after 22 years

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Mark and Ravi Abeyaratne bought the franchise alongside a small group of shareholders in 2002. The company boasts 30 per cent market share with more than 150,000 golfers visiting its stores monthly, while its online store has more than 250,000 visits each month. The company is planning to increase earnings to $12.6

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Australian companies face more climate-focused resolutions than ever before

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Our analysis of shareholder ESG resolutions put forward in listed Australian companies between 2002 and 2019 finds they have increased in number, prominence and impact. of the resolutions, with the 139 resolutions recorded between 2002 and the first part of 2021 concentrated in only 28 companies. Shareholder ESG Resolutions per year.

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After six years, Novo Shoes returns to Canberra, opening two stores

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Six years after it left the market, the brand debuted its Woden store last month and will open its second location this Friday. ” The brand opened its first store at Warringah Mall in Sydney in 2002, and it now has outlets across Victoria, Queensland, SA, and WA, along with stores in New Zealand.

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Getir Acquires NYC’s FreshDirect Grocery Delivery Service

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Founded in 2002 and currently employing 3,200 people, the Bronx-based FreshDirect is a pioneer in New York City grocery delivery. Getir has purchased fellow grocery delivery service FreshDirect , a division of Ahold Delhaize , in a deal that is expected to close by Nov. No financial details of the transaction were disclosed.

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True Religion Aims to Triple Online Revenues with the Help of New Ecommerce SVP

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His customer-first vision combined with broad expertise in performance marketing, customer acquisition and loyalty will be critical to True Religion’s goal of tripling online revenues and achieving 50% ecommerce sales penetration by 2025.”. McCabe replaces Angela Clark, who is now heading digital transformation for Patagonia.

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Rue21 Files for Third Bankruptcy, Plans to Close all 500+ Stores

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The company first filed for bankruptcy in 2002 , then again in 2017. Over the past two decades the mall-based retailer has struggled to regain the popularity it enjoyed during its heyday in the late ’90s.

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Is brick-and-mortar retailing really dead?

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Established in 2002, the award-winning Perth based company counts many of Australia’s largest and well-known retail brands among their customers. About the author: Nathan Reid is Marketing Manager at Diverse Project Group. Of course, fitting out a contemporary retail environment is a costly and complicated operation. 1300 969 449.

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