Scentre Group launches network-wide marketplace Westfield Direct
Westfield Direct will allow customers to shop online from any Westfield around the country, across multiple retailers, for home delivery or click-and-collect.
As Kmart and JB HiFI embrace shopping-by-appointment with SocialQ, creator Dean Cherny says data is the future of retail
Australian brands and shopping centres are adopting SocialQ, a new shopping-by-appointment platform created by Dean Cherny, who says data-fuelled retail is the way of the future.
“Good outcome”: Noni B owner reaches agreement to reopen Westfield stores
Westfield and Noni B owner Mosaic Brands have reached an agreement to reopen stores forcibly closed several weeks ago amid the pandemic.
Are stores worth what they used to be? Lew, Mosaic and Westfield lock horns on the future of rents
As Mosaic, Solomon Lew and Westfield fight over the future of shopping centres, we ask whether the humble retail store is worth what it used to be.
“This is not a bluff”: As landlords and tenants exchange threats and pleas, who will come out on top?
Though the pandemic has brought things to a boil, tensions between shopping centre tenants and landlords have simmered for decades.
Westfield owner grants rent reductions to 1,624 SMEs under landlord bargaining code
Westfield has reached agreements with SME tenants about rent reductions, although larger chains are still at loggerheads with the landlord.
Noni B owner to close up to 500 stores in adjustment to “fundamentally changed” retail landscape
Noni B owner Mosaic Brands will close between 300 and 500 stores over the next two years as coronavirus widens the divide between retailers and landlords.
Westfield locks Noni B, Strandbags out of stores as rent disputes escalate
Westfield has locked out hundreds of retailers from their stores, as rent negotiations between retail landlords and tenants escalate.
“Scared to even sign a lease”: Retail veteran says tenants facing unprecedented challenges as coronavirus, weak trading take toll
A 40-year leasing veteran says he's scared to even sign a retail lease at the moment as uncertainty over coronavirus and weak retail conditions take a toll.
“Completely different”: Sydney butcher in legal stoush with Grill’d over storefront ‘grill’ signage
A small-business owner in NSW has been drawn into a legal stoush with burger chain Grill’d over store signage the company claims is confusing shoppers.
Almost 500 jobs gone as Ed Harry becomes the second major menswear chain to shut down in recent months
Administrators for collapsed menswear chain Ed Harry have been unable to find a buyer and will wind down the business in the coming weeks.
Warnings of more retail death as menswear retailer Ed Harry collapses, putting 498 jobs at risk
Established menswear retailer Ed Harry has appointed administrators after a difficult Christmas trade, sparking fears 2019 will be another tough year.
