I’ve had an interesting week meeting and talking with directors of private companies. A real mixture of small and medium-sized businesses…
I’ve had an interesting week meeting and talking with directors of private companies. A real mixture of small and medium-sized businesses…
I was talking with one of the journalists at SmartCompany this week about some upcoming changes in parts of Australian business, and at the …
There’s been a lot of speculation and discussion around the potential for a Myer-David Jones merger over the past three weeks. Last week, …
Most growth comes from new shoppers trying (‘trialling’ in marketing speak) new products or services, or indeed new stores. If they like…
I am speaking at the Informa Fashion Exposed/Business in Fashion conference at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre this coming weekend. Whilst…
One of the key areas of promotional activity that drives sales in grocery, or any high volume, low margin retailing, is straight out deep di…
I was talking with a number of friends about their traditional Christmas shopping habits and whether those habits would change much this yea…
So December is finally here, and we’ve passed our Click Frenzy, New Zealand’s Click Monday and into the two major online and bricks-and-mo…
I’ve written a few times about how, as the US grows its competency and reach in online retail, it will be able to scale around the world w…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog on Aldi, and it started with “whether trading as Aldi, LIDL or Trader Joe’s, the rise and rise of t…
One of the key issues facing bricks and mortar retailers is the question of how to get you in-store when products are often sold online at b…
Jan Cameron’s Retail Adventures lost $114 million over the past three years and owed trade creditors $96.9 million when it went into volunta…
