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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

From November 2018 to November 2021, Bunnings implemented a trial FRT at 63 stores in Victoria and NSW, capturing the faces of every visitor. Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition technology (FRT), the Privacy Commissioner determined.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Amazon launched branded storefronts on its online marketplace in 2018, and other retailers have followed suit; in addition to its new Trend Stores, Shein also launched its first branded store featuring Childrens Place last year.

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MARCH 13, 2025

Wonder, which was founded by Jet.com entrepreneur Marc Lore in 2018, purchased meal kit company Blue Apron in October 2023 for $103 million and in November 2024 acquired Grubhub for $650 million. Wonder opened a food hall in a Quakertown, Pa.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Since fiscal year 2018, Dillards has paid out 60% of its total cumulative cash sources to stockholders versus Macys at 25%. Dillards stockholders have benefitted greatly from this plan, seeing a total return in their shares of +788% versus Macys of -12%.

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JULY 8, 2024

annually between 2018 and 2021, with a total of 11.2 However, the average value of check payments has increased from $1,908 in 2018 to $2,340 in 2021, indicating that although people are writing fewer checks, they are using them for larger transactions — and therefore are less likely to use them for a weekly supermarket stock-up trip.

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DECEMBER 24, 2024

Previously, he founded Handy, which was acquired by Angi in 2018, where he eventually became CEO. Oisin Hanrahan is the Co-founder and CEO of Keychain , a manufacturing platform for the packaged goods industry that is backed by $18 million in venture funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, BoxGroup, and SV Angel.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

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. From 2018 to 2021, Lee worked with Bottega Veneta as the Italian luxury brand’s Creative Director.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 11, 2025

Noni B appeared to fare better under Alceon and Scott Evans who was appointed as CEO following the on-market takeover, but its financial results were flattered by the 2017 acquisition of the Pretty Girl Group and the 2018 purchase of five retail chains from Specialty Fashion Group. Noni Bs best year was FY18 when sales increased to $372.4

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

and managed by Bluestar since 2018. The JV also has made a $190 million investment in some of the other brands managed or co-owned by Bluestar, including Hurley , Justice and Scotch & Soda , and announced plans to acquire the assets and IP of the Bebe and Brookstone brands. Both brands have been owned by Bebe Stores, Inc.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

iStock/thitivong Since 2018, many global manufacturers have been diversifying their supply chains beyond China.

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MARCH 4, 2025

” BBRC previously owned a lingerie chain called Bras N Things, which once got to 200 stores and was sold to US underwear group Hanes for $500 million in 2018. . “One interpretation is that reads like the American potato crips brand, but another more likely is ‘lace’ which would at least be relevant.”

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We believe in the model, it’s been operating since 2018.” The Silly Solly’s brand has come full circle, now owned by Stanton and an Australian management team that reinvented the model in 2018. “We We experimented with a couple of stores and decided there was a need for this, ” said Stanton.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

Wesfarmers has sold all of its remaining shares in the supermarket chain, Coles Group, which it spun off in 2018. Since the demerger of Coles from Wesfarmers in November 2018, Wesfarmers has gradually reduced its shareholding in Coles,” said the company in a statement. per share.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

In 2018, it acquired South Korean makeup firm 3CE. Migros announced a strategic review of its Mibelle cosmetics group in February, saying it wanted to find a new home for the owner of Gowoonsesang and other brands. Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten and Dominique Patton; Editing by Makini Brice and Alexander Smith, of Reuters.

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MARCH 3, 2023

billion Kroger has invested in its workers since 2018. The grocer’s investments in its frontline workers have raised the company’s average hourly rate from $18 per hour in 2018 to $23.50 This initiative builds on the $1.9 per hour today.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

While 63% of the company’s business is derived through direct-to-consumer channels and 26% is credited to digital commerce, Ralph Lauren has “reduced brand dilution distribution” since 2018, according to Patrice Louvet, President and CEO of the company. The brand has exited two-thirds of its department store presence in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2024

This will be the third CEO since Adore Beauty’s co-founders Kate Morris and James Height stepped down from the chief executive role in 2018 and 2020, respectively. .” The beauty brand will begin the search for a new CEO. Before Morton, Tennealle O’Shannessy held the position from 2020 to 2023.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From 2018 to 2021 Seipel was CEO (and Co-owner) of West Marine , and prior to that he held senior positions at Gabriel Brothers, Wet Seal, Pamida Stores and Old Navy. The value-priced apparel retailer also named Peter Sachse, currently Executive Chairman of the Board, as Chairman.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Prior to joining Kibo in 2018, Sharma was part of Vista Equity Partners operating arm, collaborating with executive teams across the firms portfolio to enhance go-to-market effectiveness and operational efficiency.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Versloot, who was head of Levi’s Canada from 2018 to 2023, will be the interim MD of the Country Road brand as the search for a permanent boss continues. Country Road Group has reportedly appointed former Levi Strauss executive Nicolas Versloot to lead the company’s namesake brand temporarily.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 23, 2025

Experience retailer and entrepreneur Stephen Curtis established the business in 2018 in Adelaide, offering kids and adult cooking classes. Homefresh Experience brings some theatre to a retail environment with its multi-revenue business offering cooking lessons and freshly cooked ready meals. “The mission is social inclusion.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Entering the US in 2018, 2nd Street had 43 stores in the country at the end of November. Opening its first overseas outlet in China in September 2018, the company now operates 21 stores across Taiwan, Singapore, and Thailand. Besides the US, the company currently operates stores in Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Prior to joining Greencross in 2018, Barry held various leadership roles including as CFO of Opal Aged Care, group financial controller of Woolworths, CFO of LBC Tank Terminals headquartered in Europe, and CFO at the Challenger Infrastructure Fund. Greencross has named Lucas Barry as its new CEO, effective January 1.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

JD Sports acquired Finish Line in March 2018. Shoppers using the JD Sports page on Instacart can choose from more than 16,000 products, including popular footwear brands such as Nike, Jordan, Adidas and Puma.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2023

According to Wage Inspectorate Victoria, between 2018 and 2021 Woolworths Group contravened the state’s Long Service Leave Act 2018 by failing to pay more than $960,000 in entitlements to 1199 former employees. Meanwhile, Woolstar failed to pay $45,000 in entitlements to 36 former employees.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

To understand those trends – and ultimately answer the question, what is the state of shipping – we surveyed thousands of consumers and retailers and analysed more than 200 million orders powered through Shippit from 2018 to 2024. In 2018, 81 per cent of retailers provided this benefit, but this figure has dropped to 70 per cent this year.

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MARCH 25, 2025

Hy-Vee first partnered with Instacart for deliveries in 2018. A Connected Grocery Shopping Experience In February 2024 Hy-Vee began leveraging Instacarts Fulfillment-as-a-Service to integrate same-day delivery fulfillment capabilities into its owned and operated websites.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This grocery store model is the Midwest retailer’s first expansion into additional categories since the 2018 introduction of its neighborhood market small concept, Bridge Street Market, in Grand Rapids, Mich. Meijer will introduce a new brick-and-mortar concept with the launch of Meijer Grocery in early 2023.

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JULY 22, 2024

Kroger, which has been working with Ocado since 2018 , will implement these “Re:imagined” technologies across multiple current fulfillment centers as well as future facilities. The new solutions include On-Grid Robotic Pick (OGRP), a robotic arm installed directly on the grid.

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Inside Retail

JULY 16, 2024

Founded in 2018 by Emily Hamilton and her husband Alexander Ostrowski, Coco & Eve offers a range of hair, self-tan and body care products. Texas-based private equity firm Gauge Capital has acquired a majority stake in beauty brand Coco & Eve for more than $100 million.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After it closed its last brick-and-mortar retail store in 2009, Circuit City launched a comeback in 2018 with an experiential ecommerce site. The integrations are slated to begin online and in select locations this year, with a more expansive rollout planned for 2024.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Parent company Walmart already had been working with Brain Corp , which created the AI-powered core technology, since 2018. The warehouse club retailer began testing the inventory scanning functionality in October 2020 and started this chainwide rollout in January 2022.

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JULY 16, 2024

Reid noted that the retailer has completed more than 190 store remodels since 2018 and that these stores are outperforming non-remodeled Stop & Shop locations. This means we’ll be focused on delivering lower everyday prices, as well as even more savings for our customers through strong promotions.”

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JUNE 26, 2023

Amazon has been working toward becoming a major player in India since at least 2018, when it joined with Indian private equity firm Samara Capital to acquire More , an Indian supermarket and hypermarket chain, for $580.35 Amazon has reportedly planned to invest $12.9 billion through Amazon Web Services and another $6.5

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Currently, the retailer sells exclusively through its remaining physical stores following a late entry into the ecommerce space that began in 2018 and ended in April 2022. At that time Olympia closed the approximately 75 stores that were not part of the acquisition.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The consumer watchdog said that the two companies admitted they likely committed misleading or deceptive practices when they declined compensation requests and incorrectly told some business customers that they were not eligible for compensation for lost or damaged goods from October 26, 2018 to October 31 last year.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Schumacher joined Dollar Tree in 2018 and brings nearly 20 years of HR experience, including his role as SVP of Human Resources at Dollar Tree prior to taking on the Interim Chief People Officer title.

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