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"I am now looking for work, if you hear of anything I'd love to hear from you."
Being made redundant is hard. Finding a job in fashion when you send out a mass email to all your contacts describing your former company's redundancy process as "unprofessional" and "certainly not the way I conduct business if given the choice"? Well...

"Research saw the internet to be quite helpful and even more so if you have someone who can interpret Spanish!"
No, not that kind of internet "research". Womenswear giant Leona Edminston details the process of finding a Spanish manufacturer for her footwear range.

"My staff has convinced me to spend $100,000 on a concert series I don't want to go to".
If Theo Onisforou has a little daughter, there's a good chance she's got a few ponies under her belt. The Diesel licensee explains his decision to sponsor a local music festival.

"Yeah. I think we've always got a good opportunity to improve."
Myer chief executive Bernie Brookes agrees one can never be too thin. Online finance publication Business Spectator asked Brookes about the level of "fat" and "bad practices" still present in the Myer business.


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