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• The art of Kmart: why the discount retailer is thriving while rivals such as Big W struggle

  26-10-2024 21:00
  After a years-long transformation, Kmart Group is delivering supercharged profits for owners Wesfarmers, much to the envy and dismay of othersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe last full-sized Kmart in the US closed this week – yet another casualty of online buying habits proving to be an existential threat to department stores around the world.But in Australia the discount retailer that shares the same branding is bucking the global trend after engaging in a ye
  
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• Preventing sexual harassment at work

  26-10-2024 09:06 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  All employees should be able to work without fear of being sexually harassed. Workplace harassment has regularly made the headlines in recent years. It’s a high-profile... View Article
  
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• John Lewis opens new-look beauty hall as temples of pampering return to high street

  26-10-2024 09:00
  
  Revamp of Oxford Street store follows opening of Fenwick’s ‘largest beauty hall outside London’ in NewcastleWith their perfectly groomed and liveried assistants being stood down during the Covid pandemic, it seemed the department store beauty hall may have had its day. But the high-street temples of pampering are making a comeback as Britons prioritise looking good.This week, as part of a wider revamp of its Oxford Street store, John Lewis opened a new-look beauty hall that is
  
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