Kevin Moore
Why small-business owners should have the same rights as residential tenants
This year in Australia, 30 Oxfam stores, and hundreds, maybe thousands, of small newsagencies, small fashion stores and giftware shops will…
Government at all levels must help stop the retail reckoning
I like Melbourne retail. A lot.
My feeling whenever I’m in town is it’s a genuine retail town. So is London town, the twenty central…
An open letter to retail landlords
Dear retail landlord,
I am writing to ask for your support with the retail premises that I rent from you: Number 1, High Street, Everysub…
Built to last: Why the retail industry should set a course for 1970
Several years ago business professor and author Jim Collins wrote a great book called Built to Last. The best-selling book highlighted a li…
In-store sales are dropping, so what does the future of retail look like?
How many of you ‘went to the shops’ over the Christmas period? Nowhere near as many as last year, but more than will visit a store next …
With shoppers wanting more choice than ever, is own-brand retailing gone for good?
The change in ‘retailing’ models has passed another milestone (or rather, another off-ramp) this week with Crabtree & Evelyn decidin…
How to keep shoppers happy and secure sales in the bustling Christmas period
The 1st of December 2018 was a Saturday.
Prior to this, the last time a Saturday fell on December 1 was six years ago, and the next is …
“An uncannily similar slope”: Will Myer meet the same fate as Toys ‘R’ Us?
I thought I’d be writing this blog in late January of next year when retailers delivered their Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s sale…
The giraffe that stole Christmas: How the collapse of Toys ‘R’ Us will affect the holiday period
I love Dr Seuss. As a kid, my parents read his books to me. As a dad, I read The Cat in the Hat to my kids and got into trouble with their m…
Where have you bean all my life: Joe & The Juice proves values-based retail can thrive
This week I should be writing about US giant Sears, the latest large retailer to file for Chapter 11 in the US.
The much talked about Ch…
