We’re all sick and tired of hearing about the latest international retailer threatening the livelihoods of local businesses, but meanwhile a Dutch brand targeting the kiddies has managed to slip in under the radar here in Oz while everyone has been distracted by M&S rumours, and Inside Retail PREMIUM has all the details on its Australian plans.

Speaking of livelihoods, an NZ retailer with stores in Australia has thrown in the towel, and a local brand is stepping up to take over its leases.

In an issue which opens on a new international entrant, Claire Hibbit also takes a look at the global brands who have tried and failed to make it in this market – it’s not all rainbows and butterflies here after all.

In other news, suppliers are cheesed off at the ACCC’s soft tactics, we give you the real story behind Man to Man’s collapse, and a cult online fashion retailer is milking its business for all its worth, trying out a new retail concept.

A 15 store retailer is spreading the word online, and in his first weekly column for 2015, Jon Bird looks at the demise of Target in Canada and others who have suffered the same fate over the years.

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