This article first appeared July 12, 2010. Several weeks ago I wrote that Clive Peeters’ receivers most obvious suitor was JB HiFi… and I…
This article first appeared July 12, 2010. Several weeks ago I wrote that Clive Peeters’ receivers most obvious suitor was JB HiFi… and I…
It has become a tradition of mine to remind shoppers that even in the frenzy and passion of the final week before Christmas and the Boxing D…
I’ve written on many occasions about the ‘category creep’ that is the effect of offering shoppers items that retailers haven’t traditionally…
I am conscious of the wide range of readers on the SmartCompany site and the recipients of the RSS feeds each week. You probably couldn’t fi…
For almost 10 years now the internet has been going to ‘kill’ traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ retailers. The story goes that new, purely onl…
I wrote last week that retail sales were soft across all categories: food, grog, flat panel TVs, mobiles and clothes. This is the case even …
Every year between the September 30 and the November 30 I receive telephone calls from chief executive officers, managing directors, merchan…
With two retail marketing experts leaving David Jones to join branded product and service vendors, Colette Garnsey and Damian Eales join a l…
To consume but not be consumed? Now that would be the merriest Christmas. A strong Aussie dollar, low shelf price inflation, stable job …
We are as much of a pet loving nation as any other in the Western world. We have the micro-businesses, websites and pet shows to prove it. …
There are many in the retail and manufacturer space who provide strong charitable support by dint of their own value set and because they ha…
Stephen Bartholomeusz (Business Spectator) wrote a couple of weeks ago about the business performance of David Jones and Myer in a refreshin…
