Zara to launch in Adelaide in November
Friday, 22 July 2011
Fashion giant Zara has ended months of speculation with confirmation it will launch into Adelaide this year, taking up occupancy in the Burnside Village complex.  ...

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Australia’s big cities have some of the highest retail rents in the world: Report
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Australia's capital cities are some of the most expensive when it comes to retail, according to a new report from research group CB Richard Ellis, which pins Sydney as the second most expensive market in the world and says Melbourne and Brisbane are in the ...

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Shop around the corner and shop around the world
Monday, 27 September 2010
It has been a busy couple of weeks as we begin the run up to Christmas 2010. In the past week I attended the SmartCompany Smart50 Awards high above Collins Street, Melbourne and spoke at the Retail 2010 Australian Retailers Association (ARA) Conference down ...

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Retailers told to focus on in-store experience as customers suffer “sales fatigue”
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Retail customers are becoming wary of constant sales and will not automatically buy a product just because businesses are offering bargains, a new study reveals, calling the new trend a form of "sales fatigue".  ...

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Gap opens first Australian store, but wary of entering retail discount war
Thursday, 26 August 2010
American clothing chain Gap is keeping an eye on the rampant discounting currently plaguing the Australian retail industry, saying while its products are competitively priced in comparison to local retailers, it will not engage in any type of price war.  ...

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How I market my business to the mainstream
Friday, 20 August 2010
The iconic Mambo clothing brand gained a controversial reputation in the 1980s for its bold and provocative prints, but the company is now switching tactics to focus on the mainstream, offering new apparel for discount department store Big W.  ...

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Five lessons from reclusive retail billionaires
Monday, 09 August 2010
For sale: One Mercedes S Class, 1996 model. Fully armoured, bulletproof glass and strengthened steel. Colour: Anthracite. Has 174,000 kilometres on the clock. One elderly owner, recently deceased. Will take offers over €100,000. May contain the secrets of one ...

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Some hopes for fashion retail in current doldrums
Monday, 26 July 2010
As we sail into the "retailing doldrums" between now and the end of the election period, becalmed by higher than expected interest rates taking the wind out of our retail sales, we should remember that Australia and several of our neighbouring countries remain ...

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Zara to open doors in Australia, but how should local retailers respond?
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
The popular Zara clothing brand will finally open its doors to eager Australian shoppers in 2011, after its Spanish-based parent, retail giant Indetix, announced it will open stores in the local market and South Africa next year.  ...

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Fashionably wealthy
Friday, 22 August 2008
A unique model for supply has snared fashion label Zara accolades in the global fashion stakes. JAMES THOMSON reports on how founder and Spain's richest man Amancio Ortega stitched up the number one spot. ...

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Shopping centres weathering retail downturn
Tuesday, 08 April 2008
Demand for shopping centres will remain firm, despite recent retail sales data showing Australians are closing their wallets, according to commercial property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle, which shows stable occupancy and rental figures for shopping centres. ...

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How the super rich will be making money in 2008
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
The super rich didn’t get that way by getting skittish every time the economy trips – they adapt, and make new killings from a resurfaced playing field. JAMES THOMSON uncovers their cunning plans. ...

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Games bonanza led by online... IT wages grow... Best brands... Rapport the sales key
Monday, 30 July 2007
World of Warcraft leads booming gaming business Fantasy online game World of Warcraft was played more than four times as much as any other PC game. Media and internet research company Nielsen has launched GamePlay Metrics, its measure of online and console ...

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Our productivity not up to it... Top earners; where they live... The world's 20 richest... Water plan delays... NSW highest taxed state... Skype hits milestone... Late payers rife
Friday, 09 March 2007
US productivity out of Australia’s reach Australia will probably never reach the productivity levels achieved in the US, and it is unrealistic to even try, according to a new working paper by Productivity Commission researchers. Australia’s isolation from ...

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