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Irene Dong

Irene Dong is a graduate of Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology with a major in international relations, specialising in public relations, communications, and media. She has a passion for fashion, food, sustainability, and languages.

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Woolworths contact centre workers strike

T2 Melbourne Central

T2’s ‘reinvention’ program begins with radical Melbourne store design

H&M x Stella McCartney

H&M reunites with Stella McCartney for a collection focused on sustainability 

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Retail sales data suggests consumers are loosening the purse strings

Temple & Webster

Temple & Webster sees early success in New Zealand launch

Icebreaker store in Thailand

Icebreaker expands into Southeast Asia with first store in Thailand

Champion

Champion to launch fragrance with Revlon

Estee Lauder

Estee Lauder rebounds in Q1 FY26, confident on full-year outlook 

The Coffee Club

Minor DKL appoints Richard Hinson as The Coffee Club CEO

Pandora new CEO

Pandora names Berta de Pablos-Barbier as new global CEO 

A consumer go shopping at the supermarket

Foodstuffs NZ: Soaring butter, greens prices drive food inflation

A young woman paying for grocery purchase

‘Green shoots’: Retail NZ sees cause for market optimism

A Byredo store

Puig delivers robust H1 results, names new deputy CEO 

Miranda Kerr

Michael Hill extends partnership with Miranda Kerr, plans 2026 collection

Gap store

Gap jumps into beauty game in bid to diversify 

Retail Crime

Retail crime task force captures serial offender on first day

How experience‑led lifestyle brands are growing in emerging Asia 

City Chic store

City Chic turns a corner with $17m profit rebound in FY25 

The Lego Group

Global demand powers Lego Group to record sales

D&G store

Dolce & Gabbana sales edge up to US$2.2 billion, but loss widens substantially