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Christmas retail sales tipped to top $60 billion

Inside Retail

Australian Christmas retail sales are predicted to exceed $60 billion, despite the impact of inflation and cost of living problems, according to research from the National Retailers Association (NRA). Meanwhile, the Australia Retail Association (ARA) says Australian retail sales increased 12.9

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Homeworld Helensvale sells for $265 million

Inside Retail

Queensland’s large format retail centre Homeworld Helensvale has sold for $265 million to a private investor, marking Australia’s second largest and Queensland’s largest transaction on record for such a centre.

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“Very few small shops left”: Biome founder on the plight of small retailers

Inside Retail

Cost of living, combined with rising interest rates, have hit back-pockets, with consumers looking to restrict spending where possible. All of this has had a damaging effect on retail sales, which have been subdued in recent months. Small business has been particularly hard-hit. She stressed that this was not a factor for Biome.

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How, where and what shoppers are buying in the final week before Christmas

Inside Retail

How will consumers be spending their dollars in the week leading up to Christmas, what are retailers doing to entice consumers in-store and which retailers will benefit from this? Food for thought Natalie Davis, managing director of Woolworths Supermarkets, shared with Inside Retail that Woolworths expects to sell 2.8

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Dan Murphy’s MD talks digital channels and drinks innovation

Inside Retail

It also has a significant online presence, claiming 50 per cent of all online Australian liquor sales. Dan Murphy’s is investing in both the online and offline consumer experience. This] overcomes the flavour barrier, that beer is perceived as bitter by some consumers, [and it] allows us to engage with a whole new customer base.”

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Amazon Australia maintains pace

Inside Retail

Pattern Australia has released its fourth annual report on consumer considerations and e-commerce. Impressively, Amazon has managed to hold onto the accelerated gains it made in the last two years when consumers were in lockdown, and the research finds that e-commerce shoppers have no plans to slow their spending on the marketplace in 2022.

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The role of returnable transit packaging in supporting ?the 2021 omnichannel retail market

Retail Focus

The struggles of the UK high street and the acceleration of retail sales from ‘bricks to clicks’ have never been more apparent than during the Covid-19 pandemic. With e-commerce sales reaching 21.8% Jon Walkington, Retail and System Integrator Sales Director, Schoeller Allibert UK.