
Heather McIlvaine
Heather McIlvaine is features and premium editor - retail at Inside Retail. In her nearly four years writing for Inside Retail, Heather has traveled to Shenzhen to cover the epic Chinese shopping event Single’s Day, doggedly reported the details of Amazon's launch in Australia, toured the biggest office supplies store in the world to understand the future of physical retail, dissected the 'Instagram aesthetic' with three brands that embody the look and followed the local fashion industry's pivot to making PPE during Covid-19. An LA-native who now lives in Melbourne (via Munich), she could happily survive on a diet of good tacos, coffee and beer and welcomes local recommendations for all three.
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Retail appointments of the week
Hong Kong mall operator bolsters management team; Foot Locker hires first chief strategy and transformation officer; Met...
Jun 3, 2022

Inside Aussie retailer Adore Beauty’s long-awaited push into private label
After selling other brands’ beauty products for the last 22 years, online retailer Adore Beauty has finally launched its...
Jun 2, 2022

Aussie eco-friendly homewares brand Frank Green looks to fashion to grow
After courting eco-friendly shoppers for the past eight years, the reusable container brand is going after a different t...
Jun 1, 2022

What Zara’s recent decision says about the decline of free online returns
The growth in e-commerce has made free returns a sizeable cost for the industry. Charging consumers helps for now but wi...
May 30, 2022

VIDEO: How Ikea is making stores a safe space for the LGBTQIA+ community
After rolling out all-gender bathrooms last year, Ikea Australia recently introduced gender-neutral uniforms and name ta...
May 27, 2022

Reconciliation Week pop-up shines a spotlight on First Nations brands
Australia’s thriving First Nations economy was on full display at a pop-up market in Melbourne last night, featuring art...
May 27, 2022

Target Australia burnishes fashion credentials with Chadstone pop-up
Six months into its brand relaunch, the Australian retailer has opened a new pop-up at the country's chicest shopping ce...
May 26, 2022

A vote for change: Australian retailers react to federal election results
Retail leaders welcome the new government's focus on climate change, gender equality and the rising cost of living, but ...
May 23, 2022

HR experts make the case for paid domestic violence leave
Sadly, the pervasiveness of domestic violence means that nearly all organisations will have employees, at some point, wh...
May 20, 2022

‘We need to work with nature’: A wool farmer’s take on sustainable fashion
Julian von Bibra is the fourth-generation owner of Beaufront Farm in Tasmania, whose premium merino wool is used by the ...
May 20, 2022