Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

In a rollercoaster year for retail sales, a survey of retailers has indicated an optimistic outlook for store network growth. In what the national property agency CBRE described as a ‘flash survey’, 83 per cent of Australian respondents across a snapshot of the Asia Pacific region indicated expansion plans.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

No surprise then that consumer confidence remains at record lows, albeit with some fluctuations. Last year, Black Friday sales saw November retail figures up by 1.4 Then along came December and retail sales took a dive of 3.9 On the side of the retailers, margins will simply have to suffer. Not this year.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2022

We now know October retail sales shrank for the first time this year ending a run of nine months straight of month-to-month growth. With the Reserve Bank expected to give us another rate bump before Christmas, retailers must be frowning a little more each day. As we all know, plans can change.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

Coming out of (or still in) the Covid-19 pandemic, experts are forecasting turbulent times for Australia’s retail industry, as it grapples with – among other factors – the effects of rising interest and inflation rates, diminished consumer confidence and potential drop in spending throughout the year. But not all consumers are equal.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

China’s online retail sales increased by approximately 12 per cent last year, despite the period of lockdown earlier in the year, and the latest forecasts suggest we will see further advances. trillion, about the same amount that American consumers currently spend, and is up from the forecast three years ago of US$9.7

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RetailMinded

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s all a part of our everyday vocabulary—and just as much as retail shopping holds so much power over us ordinary folks, so does the supply chain over the retailers behind the scenes. In the ever-evolving world of retail, success hinges on the seamless orchestration of an intricate web known as the supply chain.

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