In Episode 127 of This Week in Ecommerce, Mal Chia and Alex Ross break down the biggest retail news in Australia, from store closures and collapsing margins to AI-driven job cuts and the escalating beauty wars between major players.

If you’re a retailer, founder, marketer or ecommerce operator, this is what you need to know right now.

🔎 In This Episode:

• Accent Group shuts down Glue Store after an $8.6M loss — is mid-market retail officially dead?

• Maggie Beer Holdings returns to profit by focusing on operational efficiency instead of expansion.

• Ozsale relaunches under its original founder — can flash-sale marketplaces survive in 2026?

• Adore Beauty grows revenue 8.7% but sees profit drop 70% — can physical retail fix a margin problem?

• Sephora racks up $78M in Australian losses under LVMH — why is Australia so tough to crack?

• Block (owner of Square and Afterpay) cuts 40% of its workforce, explicitly citing AI efficiency.

📈 Key Themes:

• Margin pressure in ecommerce

• The collapse of mid-market retail

• Beauty industry competition in Australia

• AI replacing knowledge workers

• Marketplace viability in a discount-heavy world

• Retail strategy in 2026

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