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Retail resurrection: how Colette, Koko Black and Big Girls were saved How do you resurrect a brand that’s gone into voluntary administration? Former Myer MD Bernie Brookes, Grill’d founder Simon Crowe and Wes Blundy share their secrets. Selecting new management was crucial to the turnaround at Koko Black.  Share The future of fast-fashion handbag and jewellery chain Colette by Colette Hayman looked bleak when it collapsed in February 2020, the latest victim of a retail “killing season” that had claimed half a dozen national retail chains. Attempts by administrators at Deloitte to sal...

by Glen Norris Premium Content Subscriber only THE new owner of the Big Girls Don't Cry (Anymore) lingerie business plans an eventual US roll out of the brand that collapsed late last year with debts of more than $2m. Sydney-based lingerie firm Curvy group said the US market held enormous potential for the plus-size business with current players in the market, including Victoria's Secret and JC Penney, not adequately serving the curvier customer. Curvy chief executive Wes Blundy said the expansion into the US would initially be for the Curvy brand before ...

Business by Glen Norris Premium Content Subscriber only Plus-sized lingerie business Big Girls Don't Cry (Anymore) has been sold to Sydney e-commerce retailer Curvy.com.au less than a month after collapsing with debts in excess of $2m. Big Girls Don't Cry, a Brisbane-based company founded in 1992 by Karen Mason, operated from a suburban shopfront selling bras and swimwear for women sized up to 36. But the business went bust just before Christmas leaving more than 50 people out of work and scores of customers chasing orders. Lane Cove-based Curvy is owned...