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Watch titans unite: Rolex acquires Bucherer and aims at pre-owned market

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While Rolex is an internationally recognised brand, Bucherer isn’t as well known outside of Europe and the US, and operates in a highly homogenised luxury and jewellery retail market. “I It’s driving customers into a dark secondary market, where they risk buying a lemon, or, worse, a fake,” he stressed.

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Australians’ use of loyalty programs tested during pandemic

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According to the most recent For Love or Money 2021 report, published by The Point of Loyalty, while 88 per cent of Australians are a part of at least one loyalty program, only 43 per cent actively used them (at least once) in 2021 – a far cry from the 53 per cent recorded in 2018.

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Walmart Sues Capital One to End Branded Credit Card Partnership

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Walmart has accused Capital One of falling short on customer care practices, including delivering replacement cards to customers within five days and promptly posting transaction and payment information to customers’ accounts.

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WSJ: Apple Raises Starting Associate Pay to $22/Hour Amid Rising Inflation

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store associates to $22 per hour, and even higher in certain markets, according to The Wall Street Journal. The increase would make starting salaries 45% higher than they were in 2018 as the retailer faces the challenges of a tight labor market and a unionization push. Apple is reportedly planning to boost starting pay for U.S.

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Under Armour Names New Americas President, Chief Legal Officer

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“With deep market knowledge and outstanding expertise we look forward to their proven leadership qualities helping to architect our next growth chapter.”. The company underwent several rounds of jobs cuts and a $200 million dollar restructuring in 2018, followed by an SEC investigation into its accounting practices in 2019.

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145-year-old Bissell Brand Leverages Livestreaming, 11.11 and KOLs to Clean up in China

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Here are some of the key lessons they learned along the way: Despite the size of the market, entering China doesn’t have to be a complicated or expensive endeavor thanks to the supremacy of digital retail; Shopping festivals like 6.18 brands can enter the Chinese market and take part in the world’s largest shopping event, 11.11.

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What is an ‘everything app’ and why does Elon Musk want to make one?

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These mega apps are widely used in Asia because mobile is the main form of access to the internet for many people in the region, wrote Scott Galloway, a New York University professor of marketing and co-host of tech podcast “Pivot,” last year. What are some examples of super apps? Have other US tech companies tried this?