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Retail Industry Keynote speaker, Brian Walker understands what makes retailers and brands successful. Brian says, “what I hope people get from my presentations is an understanding that I’ve been where they are. I’ve been running retail and franchise businesses. I...

Retail Doctor Group’s Head of Insights, is presenting at the Market Research for a Mobile World APAC Conference in Singapore, on June 27 and 28.RDG will be presenting the results of our research study into consumer perceptions and behaviour, both pre and post the...

Peter Sheppard Are we fit enough to compete with this game changing retailer? That is a question nearly all traditional style retailers are asking, and if not, should be asking of themselves and their advisors. Amazon has just launched its Amazon Prime offer in...

Since the launch of Amazon in Australia in 2017, Australian retail leaders have been asking: How will Amazon impact the Australian retail landscape? How do we guide retailers through this disruption? Will it change Australian consumer behaviour? Retail Doctor Group’s...

I am continually amazed when walking retail malls the amount of discounting that is offered by virtually all general merchandise retailers, be they fashion, homewares, jewellers or whatever category you can think of. This is true for the vast majority of the year, be...

Greg Ellis   Business and retail experts continue the impressive lineup of speakers continues at The Illawarra Connection in July and August. The Silver Anniversary black-tie dinner on August 7 at the Novotel Wollongong Northbeach will feature The Mentor himself...

“In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ‘ridiculously in charge,’ then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera. ” - Henry Cloud One of the first questions to consider in working with a retailer’s business, almost...

Brian Walker "I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that." Elon Musk What do Godfreys, Metalicus, and Esprit have in common? Perhaps once heroes and the shining stars of their respective...

Brian Walker "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 Remember the good old days when our wants and needs were so simply satisfied by the composition of...