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A Lovisa store in New Zealand.

Working for free, no lunch breaks: Lovisa hit with class action lawsuit

Hundreds of young women were allegedly asked to work before and after their rostered hours, denied bathroom breaks and told to do piercings in store with just two hours’ training.

  • Jessica Yun

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Solomon Lew (left) with John Cheston, in happier days.

Is this what revenge looks like in retail billionaire land?

The Solomon Lew camp has taken a big swing sacking John Cheston, who was poached a few months ago by billionaire retailer Brett Blundy.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Brett Blundy and Solomon Lew are two of the country’s highest-profile retailing billionaires.

Prize catch for Lovisa as retail billionaires’ poaching season hots up

Poaching John Cheston from kids stationery group Smiggle feels like a declaration of retail war.

  • Elizabeth Knight
More than a decade ago Brett Blundy decided to take his private investment vehicle BBRC global. He moved initially to Singapore to do this and later Monaco.

Billionaire Brett Blundy has ‘outstanding’ executives but picked an outsider to run his empire. Why?

For more than four decades, Brett Blundy has backed and invested in retailer groups that are household names from Lovisa, Hype, Platypus, The Athlete’s Foot, Bras N Things to Best & Less.

  • Anne Hyland
Retail billionaire Solomon Lew.

Why Premier Investments break-up won’t be Solly Lew’s last deal

It’s a weakness for retail billionaire Solly Lew, one which he identified in himself: the desire always for one more deal.

  • Anne Hyland
Brett Blundy is among billionaire investors who have funnelled huge sums into the beef and livestock sector over the past decade

Best & Less primed for facelift as retail veterans lob takeover bid

A bid for Best & Less from Brett Blundy & Ray Itaoui has opened the door for a brand refresh and new online strategy.

  • Emma Koehn
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Anna Funder’s Forest Lodge home goes to auction on April 2 for $3.5 million.

You’ve read the book, now buy the house (where it was written): Anna Funder lists home

There is no shortage of stand-out homes in Sydney, but few can claim to have produced a Miles Franklin award in the studio above the back garage. It’s yours for $3.5 million as author Anna Funder trades up.

  • Lucy Macken
Ex-garbo Ian Malouf sold his company to a rival for half a billion dollars.

Rich-lister garbo in the gun: Ian Malouf's premises raided

Rich-lister Ian Malouf, once the nation’s richest garbo, is the subject of a probe by the corporate watchdog into allegations of insider trading.

  • Kate McClymont
Despite a rocky retail market, Universal Store and it's chief executive Alice Barbery could be headed for a 2020 ASX listing.

Youth fashion retailer mulls $300 million float despite a tough market

Universal Store is gearing up for a $300 million ASX listing despite a weakened retail sector that has experienced a spate of collapses and store closures since the new year.

  • Dominic Powell
Not too skimpy: US apparel giant buys Bras N Things in $500m deal

Not too skimpy: US apparel giant buys Bras N Things in $500m deal

American apparel giant Hanesbrands has snapped up Australian rich lister Brett Blundy's lingerie chain in a deal worth half a billion dollars. 

  • Patrick Hatch

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