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Melbourne’s fashion festival has a new boss and a $700k shortfall

Melbourne’s fashion festival has a new boss and a $700k shortfall

As Australian fashion is crunched, the incoming chair says she wants to make AFF a major event like the Australian Open.

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Berchtold is about to become David Jones’ chief storyteller

Many years ago, the department store executive was working in online retail and had frank feedback for her bricks-and-mortar competitors. Now she can...

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Trudeau the latest celebrity to cash in Down Under

It’s a long plane ride but a quick paycheck. And as the Harry and Meghan show demonstrated, we are suckers for celebrities – even faded ones.

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