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Seven & I vs Couche-Tard: A high-stakes takeover and regulatory battle

Inside Retail

The founding Ito family of Seven & I Holdings failed to secure financing for a US$58 billion management buyout in February, sending its shares plunging 11.7 Seven & I Holdings, formed in 2005 through the merger of Ito-Yokado, Seven-Eleven Japan, and Dennys Japan, boasts more than 80,000 7-Eleven locations in 20 countries and regions.

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Sensing, Not Seeing, with Vision AI as Retail’s Crystal Ball for the Future

Retail TouchPoints

This ensures that like items are not stored randomly across a warehouse and allows retailers to accurately manage inventory. Since joining Sony Group Corporation in 2005, Yanagisawa has played an integral role in SSS’s business, overseeing the launch of Sony’s sensing device business and leading M&A and alliance deals.

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How Yarn’n is revolutionising hygiene with a focus on First Nations communities

Inside Retail

A shared vision The idea for Yarnn came to life when founders Lane Stockton, a proud Wiradjuri man, and David Croft, managing director of cleaning products supplier Croft Group and a former Wallaby, sat down in 2023 to discuss their business plans.

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Store Management Costs in the Era of Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

The impact of this increasing growth is the resulting strain on incumbent infrastructure that was originally designed to manage only about 5% of a retailer’s total sales capacity; the steady rise in costs from stretching this capacity have shown home delivery, buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside fulfilment to be highly unprofitable.

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Fashion insiders weigh in on the uncertain future of Australian Fashion Week

Inside Retail

Under IMG’s leadership since 2005, AFW has elevated resort collections, showcased Indigenous designers and initiated a consumer-integrated model. Fashion industry insiders are speculating about the future of Australian Fashion Week (AFW) following the news of IMG’s exit from the country’s premier fashion event.

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GAIL’s Bakery Partners with Verkada to Enhance Security and Operations Across More than 170 UK Locations

Retail Focus

Improved team oversight, allowing remote monitoring of 75% of floor space, reducing travel and onsite presence for managers. As the company grew, managing security and operations across multiple sites became increasingly complex, with each location operating its own security system.

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Burberry Appoints New Chief Creative Officer as Tisci Departs

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Lee will replace former creative chief Riccardo Tisci , who was appointed to the role in March 2018 following his career with Givenchy from 2005 to 2017. As the London-headquartered brand’s Chief Creative Officer, Lee will manage all Burberry collections.

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