New Woolworths online marketplace offers customers more than supermarket products
After a successful trial period Woolworths is opening its online marketplace offering, Everyday Market, nationwide.
Iconic UK retailer Debenhams falls into liquidation after rescue talks break down
The UK’s high street retail sector has suffered another blow, with prominent retailer Debenhams set to close all of its 124 stores.
Revealed: The 50 most searched for online retail outlets since the start of COVID-19
Here are the 50 most popular online retail outlets since lockdown started, according to a recent report from SEMrush, with Bunnings taking number one spot.
Lessons to learn from Target’s decline: Never take customers for fools
The decline of Target can teach other businesses with multiple brands what not to do. And a key lesson is to never abandon a successful marketing strategy.
Hundreds of jobs lost as Harris Scarfe prepares to shut 21 stores
Collapsed Australian department store Harris Scarfe has informed hundreds of workers they will lose their jobs in a round of store closures.
“Accelerating our transformation”: Why Target is axing 80 head-office jobs
Target is moving to accelerate its transformation strategy as the struggling department store continues its quest to find a sustainable brand identity.
Retail’s Jewel: What the mall of the future looks like
I walked, ate and experienced the new Jewel mall at Singapore’s Changi Airport last week. It was stunning, grand, busy and vibrant.
Is retail in recession, or are department stores dead?
The latest David Jones write-down begs some important questions for Australian retail, including whether department stores can survive.
Laura Ashley falls into administration, again, putting 100 jobs at risk
Retailer Laura Ashley has fallen into administration for the second time in as many years, putting the jobs of 100 workers across 18 stores at risk.
Will Kaufland “destroy” small business? Retailers voice concern about “special treatment” in planning process
Concerned small businesses have criticised a state government decision to take planning approval over Kaufland sites out of the hands of local government.
The bottom line: Why more in-store staff beats greater discounts every time
The new seventh floor at Sydney's David Jones is great because it has applied lessons from top international luxury department stores.
“Boring as batshit”: Why former Myer boss Bernie Brookes thinks retailers need to change
Department stores like Myer and David Jones have lost sight of what made them unique, according to retail veteran Bernie Brookes.