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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
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
Solomon Lew has placed spin-off of Smiggle and Peter Alexander on ice.

Top of Solomon Lew’s hit list – the government and executive defectors

The retail billionaire joins a long list of big-end-of-town businessmen who have taken issue with how Labor is performing.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Billionaire businessman Solomon Lew.

Solly Lew delays Smiggle, Peter Alexander spin-off amid Myer talks

The billionaire rag-trader has his hands full amid a potential acquisition by Myer of five of its brands and a stoush with Smiggle’s ex-boss.

  • 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
Macarthur Minerals executive chairman Cam McCall, left, and Gold Valley executive chairman Yuzheng Xie during a recent orientation site visit to Lake Giles.

Macarthur iron mine attracts the smart money

A deal that could see Macarthur Minerals get up to $70 million in royalties after the sale of its WA hematite iron asset has wooed smart money to its register.

  • James Pearson
Myer had previewed some of its strongest results in years.

Myer in talks to merge with Just Jeans and other Solomon Lew brands

The merger would give veteran rag trader Solomon Lew his long-awaited seat on Myer’s board.

  • Jessica Yun
During the past financial year, Solomon Lew has moved from being an agitating investor to a controlling shareholder with now nearly 30 per cent of Myer.

How Lew is lining himself up to be the ultimate winner

He has taken his sweet time, but Solomon Lew is putting the pieces in place to cash out a decent part of the retail empire he has spent decades building.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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