Ooshies, AI Music Bans and a Golf Brand's Worst Week: TWIE 151
Solo week. Alex is off carving up the slopes in New Zealand (allegedly back next week — you said that last week too), which means it's just Mal, a jam-packed lineup, and a moment to mark a brutal 48 h...
1 Sep 14min
Why City Chic's 'Forced' Retreat From the US Might Be Its Best Move Yet
Episode 150 — and Mal's flying solo this week with Alex over in New Zealand, so the proper 150th milestone celebration is on hold until next week. In the meantime, it's a big one: seven stories, four ...
26 Aug 21min
The Iconic's Profit Jumped 53%. Guess Who Paid For It.
19 Aug 24min
The IP Survives, The Customers Don't: Inside Stax's Rescue
Mal's calling in from a Bali sunrise mid-reset before Q4 hits — squirrels, banana trees, the lot — while Alex is back in Adelaide mopping up after cars got swept down a creek in the weekend's flash fl...
12 Aug 20min
AusPost Wants You to Build an Ecosystem. Its Own Data Says Build a Discount Habit.
This week Mal's flying solo — Alex is out, so it's just opinions, no pushback. It's a mixed bag: a couple of quick cost-and-consequence stories, then three deep dives that all circle the same question...
5 Aug 20min
Kogan Gets Caught Comparing Itself to Itself
Mal and Alex are back this week still hoarse from two big days on the podcast stage at Online Retailer and the ORIAS — congrats to The Iconic on a first-time Online Retailer of the Year win, and to Be...
29 Juli 21min
They Took Your Money and Told You to Call Your Bank
It's bloody freezing, we're one week out from Online Retailer in Sydney (expect an impromptu Qantas Lounge recording), and before the conference chaos kicks off we've got a genuinely grim week of reta...
14 Juli 19min
Betts, Stax, Depop's Fee War & the Accent Group Takeover
We're on the other side of EOFY and into the thick of H2 — and Australian retail served up one of its messiest weeks in a while. Two heritage-adjacent brands hit crisis on the very same day, a resale ...
7 Juli 19min
