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Elizabeth’s Secondhand Bookshop is withdrawing from the Perth CBD.

End of an era as Elizabeth’s Bookshop retreats from Perth CBD

Its dark green-and-white decor has been an institution in Perth city for more than 30 years. But as foot traffic falls, the local landmark has made its choice.

  • Emma Young

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Country Road is set to open its flagship Brisbane store in the heritage-listed Bank of New South Wales building later this year.

Country Road finds new heritage-listed home in Queen Street Mall

The revival of the top end of the mall continues, with a new flagship store joining open-air markets.

  • Cameron Atfield
Mosaic owns the Rivers brand along with Noni B and Millers. The company called in administrators last year.

Profit warnings, shuttered stores: Retailers are desperate for rate cuts

The discretionary retail sector is hanging out for an interest rate cut to breathe some life into moribund sales growth and shrinking margins.

  • Elizabeth Knight
The David Jones store on busy Bourke Street Mall is one of the longest continually operating retail spaces in Australia.

Landmark David Jones building in Bourke Street sells for $223m

The building has sold, but the iconic department store that occupies the Bourke Street Mall site isn’t leaving as it has an 18-year lease.

  • Simon Johanson
Adore Beauty store manager applying blush on Annie Carroll at the online retailer’s first physical store in Southland shopping centre, Melbourne,

Adore Beauty chases billions with a drastic makeover (and more Tim Tams)

The e-tailer is opening more than 25 stores, taking on competitors Mecca and Sephora in the bricks-and-mortar world.

  • Damien Woolnough
Mosaic’s remaining brands, Noni B and Millers, will shut down, meaning all nine of its brands have been axed.

More than 900 jobs to go as Millers, Noni B stores to be shut down

The embattled fashion retailer Mosaic has axed hundreds of jobs and announced all stores to be shut down following an unsuccessful search for a buyer.

  • Cindy Yin and Jessica Yun
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Australians tipped more generously and with greater frequency in 2024, with increased ease of gratuity-giving among the reasons proposed for the surge.

Despite rising prices, Australians are tipping more

Melbourne and Brisbane tippers were the most generous and Sydneysiders among the most frugal as Australians tipped more in 2024.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Olivia Wirth, executive chairwoman of Myer, with Solomon Lew who offloaded his apparel brands business and will take a board seat at the department store chain.

Jay Jays, Dotti, Portmans still ‘well-loved, cherished’ brands, Myer CEO insists

Myer investors have overwhelmingly voted in favour of the mega-deal that chief executive Olivia Wirth says sets up the department store for the long term.

  • Jessica Yun

Am I just like that jar of rice? My wife’s smile made me wonder...

I’m surrounded by what I call “blockers” - things I never use but that make me feel better.

  • Anson Cameron
Monica Tratt at Bob Stewart’s Kew store with her son, Lachlan, 6.

This prep pupil’s parents went through a rite of passage spanning generations. Now it’s his turn

A local institution nearly folded during COVID, but returned from the brink to serve another generation of schoolkids.

  • Carolyn Webb

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