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Fusion Retail Brands

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AUS
Rating
Criticism, some praise

Clothing retailer and wholesaler

Colorado Group went into receivership in 2011, owing $400 million to a syndicated of 18 lenders. Four of these lenders took on the business in 2012 (National Australia Bank, Japanese bank Nomura and Anchorage Capital Partners and ICE Canyon). The new owners reduced store numbers from 441 to under 200 and then sold the business in 2017 to Australian footwear company Munro Footwear Group.

Company Ownership

Fusion Retail Brands Pty Ltd   AUS     website   email      
  Munro Footwear Group Pty Ltd   
   owns 100% of Fusion Retail Brands Pty Ltd  
AUS     website         

Footwear

Family business founded by Graham and Kerrie Munro in Melbourne in 1962, which has grown following a series of acquisitions, including Fusion Retail Brands in 2017. Operates throughout Australia and New Zealand.

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Fusion Retail Brands Pty Ltd
Business Ethics Copyright infringements
In 2008 Jag paid $305,000 to UK Fashion label Ted Baker in an out-of-court settlement over copyright infringements claims.
Source: news article (2008)
Social Global Sourcing Guidelines
Follow the link to see this company's stated Global Sourcing Guidelines
Source: company website (2012)
Munro Footwear Group Pty Ltd
Social 18/100 in 2022 Ethical Fashion Report
Baptist World Aid Australia's '2022 Ethical Fashion Report' assessed 120 companies on their efforts to mitigate against the risks of forced labour, child labour and worker exploitation in their supply chains, as well as protect the environment from the harmful impacts of the fashion industry. Assessment criteria fall into five main categories: policy & governance, tracing & risk, auditing and supplier relationships, worker empowerment and environmental sustainability. This company received a score of 18/100.
Source: Baptist World Aid Australia (2022)
Social Some COVID Fashion Commitments
In 2020 Baptist World Aid Australia released The COVID Fashion Report, a special edition of their Ethical Fashion Report. The report is framed around six COVID Fashion Commitments that ask companies to demonstrate the steps and measures they are taking to protect and support the most vulnerable workers in their supply chains. This company showed evidence of actions that cover SOME areas of the COVID Fashion Commitments.
Source: Baptist World Aid Australia (2020)

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Company Details

Type Private company

Contact Details

Address Level 1, 109 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia
Phone 03 9420 8444
Freecall 1800 101 285
Website www.fusionretailbrands.com.au

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