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Company results wrap: retail sales flat, but some retailers buck the trend

  • Written by John Rice, Professor of Management, University of New England
imageThe success of companies like T-shirt brand Threadless shows innovation matters in retail.Todd Kopriva/Flickr, CC BY

Companies have finished reporting results for the financial year so it’s time to take stock of how the different business sectors of Australia are fairing. In our company results wrap series we take a step back from the...

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