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Happy day for Solomon Lew

Why this Aussie billionaire welcomes Trump’s China tariff threat

It’s more important now than ever for retailer Solomon Lew to get the best manufacturing deals. He thinks Donald Trump’s trade policies might help.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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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
Myer sales shrank in the second half of 2024.

‘Consumers are still hurting’: Myer shares tumble as sales shrink

The department store says cautious shoppers are looking for savings as they battle cost-of-living pressures.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Myer profits are challenged by the macroeconomic environment.

Why Myer and Premier’s sluggish sales are a sign of pain to come

If you think about the two groups as the canaries in the coal mine of Australian retail, those two birds appear to be struggling to chirp.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Shopping ay Chadstone takes its toll.

Three days inside the climate-controlled confines of Chadstone sent this reporter into a daze

It seems every Melburnian has a Chaddy story. The shopping mecca has drawn generations, who have worked, wandered, spent and even got married in the precinct.

  • Stephen Brook
Pro-Palestine protesters outisde Myer on Sunday.

Pro-Palestine protesters gatecrash opening of Myer Christmas windows

Pro-Palestine protesters, some wearing Santa hats, were outside the department store, blowing bubbles and mocking Premier Jacinta Allan for calling them “morons”.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
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NEWS - Police and Security guard the Myer windows days before revealing this years Christmas theme. The official launch has been canceled due to planned protests. 15th November 2024, The Age news Picture by JOE ARMAO

‘Morons’: Premier blasts protesters after Myer Christmas windows launch scrapped

Premier Jacinta Allan said there was no need to bolster Victoria police’s powers after an activist group threatened to disrupt the Myer Christmas windows launch.

  • Carla Jaeger, Gemma Grant and Cassandra Morgan
Children looking at the Myer Christmas window display in Melbourne in 2018.

Myer Christmas window tradition cancelled over protest threat

The annual Christmas window unveiling in the CBD has been scrapped after pro-Palestine protesters announced a plan to disrupt the event.

  • Cassandra Morgan
No one drives a harder deal than Solomon Lew, chairman of Premier Investments.

Revenge is sweet and profitable for rag trade king Solly Lew

If share prices of Premier Investments and Myer are any indications, this deal is a hit. 

  • Elizabeth Knight
Myer has acquired a suite of Solomon Lew’s clothing brands.

Myer buys billionaire Solomon Lew’s clothing brands in $950m deal

Myer will acquire a suite of Premier Investments’ clothing brands in Australia and New Zealand, giving the businessman a seat on its board.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/myr-121