Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian retailers and designers have faced a series of unpredictable challenges.
From disruption in major manufacturing markets such as Vietnam, to extended lockdowns in the metro cities of Melbourne and Sydney, the sector has been bracing for change this year.
While retail sales were impacted in the third quarter, a rebound is underway as Australia's two largest population states reopen and the lucrative Christmas trading period kicks off.
In the first day of Ragtrader's 'Retail Reinvented' series, the country's leading fashion retail CEOs and directors discuss the challenges of 2021 and the opportunities ahead.
Cue director Justin Levis, Seafolly CEO Brendan Santamaria and APG & Co CEO Martin Matthews lead the charge as our five-part webinar kicks off.