Patrick LaManna doesn’t mince words when he describes his first thoughts about the site his dad had picked out for the opening of their inde…
Patrick LaManna doesn’t mince words when he describes his first thoughts about the site his dad had picked out for the opening of their inde…
I have spent the last two weeks in Singapore and Malaysia looking at regional and metro retail, meeting local Australian, European and Am…
I’ve managed to be in all three eastern state capitals this month, looking at retail and working alongside business owners and CEOs of Aus…
The most successful retail leaders in the world, and they tend to have come up from the floor, all focus on one thing. Obsessively. The most…
It’s been a huge week of change and news in the retail sector. Myer slashed the number of brands it sells, and moved to a more flexible pe…
I know that by now you’re all “read out” on the budget and its potential impact on small and medium business in Australia. But I’m s…
As we start 2015, it’s worth putting or heads up above the parapet in our slightly challenging Australian business conditions, to look at ho…
There was an in-depth report on one of the free-to-air TV channels last week about the power of Woolworths and Coles. The main thrust was th…
The imminent arrival of a new retailer, well owner, into Australia in the form of South Africa’s Woolworths, should be welcomed. I don’t…
Harrison Polites at Business Spectator recently wrote a great article on the relative profit performance of key major Australian retailers, …
With individual small value food items, such as bread, spreads and oils, it’s very difficult to do anything other than sell into retail an…
Reading an online UK newspaper this week, I noticed that a very staid old British retailer, the John Lewis Partnership (JLP) continues to gr…
