JLL’s latest Retail Centre Managers’ Insights report shows strong supermarket sales supported surrounding retailers in neighbourhood centres, while apparel...
It was a ‘split year’! The first half – July/Dec 2019 was ‘normal’; however the second half – Jan/Jun 2020 was anything but because COVID-19 arrived! Sales of...
Mobile device data continues as a powerful and insightful tool to measure the changes in shopper visitation patterns, almost in real-time – it’s...
Australian retailers are facing the fight of their life in 2020. Consumer confidence slumped for a period, job losses have soared, and spending behaviour has...
Some three weeks ago, Tony Dimasi reported on the early results in visitation patterns evident from GapMaps analysis of personal mobility data as Australia’s...
Shopper Media today released its EOFY Shopper Study findings, which reveal more than half (57%) of Australian shoppers are planning on snapping up a bargain in...
Scentre Group has released a series of insights from its Westfield iQ customer research platform exploring customer sentiment and what people are most looking...
COVID-19. When it’s ‘over’, what will be the new norm? Will tenancies mixes be different? Will rents be reduced? How long will recovery take? Questions...
The changes we are going to see are numerous and far ranging. But much of the commentary is conceptual, intellectual, theory based. But what about ‘specifics’...
As the nation’s lockdown restrictions ease, we are seeing a return to growth in footfall within shopping centres after an initial softening of figures due to...
As the COVID-19 restrictions starts to eased somewhat; there seems to be a continual move towards ‘a return to business as usual’. Generally, that seems to be...
Australian shopping centres have at last commenced the long haul back from the gloom of the COVID-19 shutdown. The question now is how long will it take to...
McKinsey & Company has launched the second article in the online publishing series, The Story of the Australian Consumer – entitled ‘Emerging from...
Research powerhouse McKinsey have released a series of reports about ‘The Story of the Australian Consumer’ – exploring the unique impact the COVID-19 pandemic...
Rental growth and pricing valuation benchmarks are the biggest challenges facing the retail sector over the next 12 months, according to Colliers International...
As reported last month, Skyfii have partnered with Brickfields Consulting to uncover key impacts of COVID-19 on shopping behaviours through a first-of-its-kind...
The pandemic has clarified the vital role that grocery retailers play in society. Consumers expect these businesses to keep them fed and healthy, and groceries...
In this ‘new world’ where things are changing by the hour, omnidata intelligence company Skyfii, has partnered with leading customer insights firm Brickfields...
How have shopping centre yields compressed during the past eight years or so? How many stores have closed through major retailer collapses over the same period...
Commissioned by the SCCA, Michael Baker examined the efficiency and performances of shopping centres in five western countries including Australia and the US...
As Department Stores and DDSs shrink in size, the ‘freed up space’ needs to be dealt with. The positive is that it’s usually the cheapest (rental wise) space...
The link between sustainability, the environment and what and how we buy, is strengthening. It will affect our tenancy mix, the retailers we choose to have in...
The latest Avdiev Remuneration Report 2019 October update, finds that young smart workers in Building, Design and Construction, Finance, Corporate and IT have...
The latest JLL retail centre managers’ survey shows subdued rental outlook and greater online competition as owners invest heavily to boost retailer engagement...
FY19 Market Overview Transaction activity slowed substantially in the second half of FY19. Of the $6.5 billion of transaction volumes recorded in the 2019...
One of our main features in this issue is ‘women in development’. Helen Bakewell joined this industry some 25 years ago. From a ‘rookie’ she progressed through...
It’s CBD Guns issue and a research piece on the Melbourne CBD follows. It’s exhaustive, comprehensive, specialised and professional. A textbook case of...
JLL’s 20th Retail Centre Managers’ Survey was undertaken in February across 84 JLL-managed shopping centres nationally. The majority were sub-regional centres...
Deloitte’s latest annual Global Powers of Retailing report reveals three locally based retailers: Wesfarmers, Woolworths and JB HiFi – remain in the Top 250...
JLL’s latest annual Australian Shopping Centre Investment Review and Outlook 2019 talks about the ever evolving retail sector creating opportunities for...
Cinemas in shopping centres only occurred in the 1990s. Look at new usages – from mobile phones to sporting footwear – and what you see is a society in...
JLL’s 19th Retail Centre Managers’ Survey was undertaken in August across 88 JLL-managed retail shopping centres nationally. The majority of centres were...
