Country loses jingle Country Road expects a “difficult” Christmas in the wake of a dip in retail sales in the first quarter of 2010/11. Australian retail sales for the quarter ending September 25 were down 4.7 per cent and concession sales down 7.6 per cent.
Into the wild Witchery will launch into South Africa later this month with eight concession spaces in department store Stuttafords. Metalicus moves on Metalicus opens its first store devoted solely to ‘Move by Metalicus’, its high performance sportswear range. The site is located in Highpoint, Melbourne.
Myer busts out Myer reveals 14 new locations, which will roll out nationally by 2014. The department store’s next three sites will open in Queensland, including Robina this year and Mackay and Townsville in the 2012 financial year. Designer leg up Designer Alice McCall is expanding into retail with her first flagship store in Darlinghurst (Sydney), following a $50,000 federal government grant.
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