Big W deemed ‘work in progress’ by Woolworths Group CEO

Big W deemed ‘work in progress’ by Woolworths Group CEO

A RETAIL expert says Woolies’ supermarket war with Coles and its failing Masters stores is the root of its spectacular Big W’s fall in fortunes. Woolworths Group chief executive Brad Banducci admitted this week it could take years for the company to turn around Big...
Bricks and mortar is the heart and soul

Bricks and mortar is the heart and soul

“Customer experience is the next competitive battleground.  It’s where businesses are won or lost.”  –Tom Knighton Ever wonder why we still do what we have always done for the same or similar result? More important now than ever before, with the determined and...
Longer boats are arriving and who manned the light house?

Longer boats are arriving and who manned the light house?

Longer boats are coming to win us  They’re coming to win us, they’re coming to win us  Longer boats are coming to win us  Hold on to the shore, they’ll be taking the key from the door.  -Yusuf Islam, also known as Cat Stevens Australian retail was previously, as a...
Building award-winning retail

Building award-winning retail

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. -William Pollard Today, I am pleased to announce the launch of Retail Innovations 12, a publication containing case studies of...
Amazon – it’s a Prime affair

Amazon – it’s a Prime affair

“Our society distributes itself into barbarians, philistines and populace; and America is just ourselves with the barbarians quite left out, and the populace nearly.” Matthew Arnold Isn’t it remarkable that pending retail IPOs from businesses such as Officeworks could...