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Toys ‘R’ Us culls $4 million in costs as it pursues strategic plan

E-commerce Children’s goods retailer Toys ‘R’ Us says its strategic turnaround plan announced in March is on track and it has already achieved cost savings of $4 million this year. To date, the company has improved its gross margin in the Australian direct-to-consumer e-commerce division from 16.4 per cent in February to 22.3 per cent in April. In a market update, the Australian-listed owner of the famous toy retailer’s operations in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, said it had…

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The Iconic culls 69 roles as it morphs from marketplace to platform

Trans-Tasman online fashion marketplace The Iconic has dissolved 69 staff roles, equivalent to 6 per cent of its workforce.  All of the roles are at the Sydney head office level and some of the impacted staff may be redeployed to other parts of the business.  “Our people have been our biggest priority throughout this process,” a spokesperson for The Iconic told Inside Retail today.  “We have been acutely focussed on limiting the impact on our people as much as possible.”…

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