Australian Economy

Retailpocalypse claims ISHKA

David Llewellyn-Smith
Thursday, 20 February 2020
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Victorian-based homewares retailer ISHKA has become the latest victim of Australia’s deepening retail crisis, collapsing after almost 50 years in business.

Specialising in handmade craft, gifts, clothing and homewares, ISHKA operates 60 stores and employs over 450 staff.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.