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Retail Resilience: Opportunities for Growth in 2025 Spend Trends
Finding stability amidst economic uncertainties is a significant achievement for Australian retailers. The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals a promising narrative of retail resilience, with turnover rising by 0.2 per cent in February 2025,...
Global Retail Innovations Reshaping Australian Shopping in 2025
Thanks to ever-evolving technological advancements, innovations in retail, and consumer demand, local retail has had no choice but to evolve and innovate along with global retail innovations currently shaping the industry worldwide. However, staying ahead requires not...
Innovation in Retail: Guide to Navigating the New Normal
In the quiet moments before opening hours, retailers across Australia face the same unspoken question: what will make customers choose their doors over the competition today? The answer isn't simply about product selection or competitive pricing - it's increasingly...
A Strategic Approach to Reclaiming Millions in Retail Returns
In the bustling world of Australian retail, a silent profit-drainer is increasingly commanding attention in boardrooms across the nation: retail returns. While international data suggests that serial and slow returners can generate nearly 50% of all returns, the...
Retail’s Competitive Advantage Hiding in the Cost of Living Crisis
The numbers don't lie. Australian households are doing it tough, and the stats show that the cost of living crisis has exponentially increased discretionary spending habits while simultaneously decreasing consumer trust in retail pricing and loyalty models. Where are...
Strategic Reviews: The Key to Gaining a Competitive Edge
In the fiercely competitive arena of modern retail, those who don't innovate and choose to just react to market shifts find themselves perpetually catching up. Meanwhile, retailers who undergo strategic review and attend strategy workshops to grow and innovate...
Industry 2030: The Future of Technology in Retail
The future of technology in retail is not just about operational efficiency - it is about enhancing customer experiences, building loyalty, and ensuring long-term success. For Australian retailers, understanding these transformative forces is crucial to staying...
Consumer Spend by Generation: Retail’s Guide to Industry 2030
This essential retailer's guide to consumer spend by generation takes a deep dive into the fascinating mosaic of consumer behaviours, where digitally savvy teens rub shoulders with baby boomers who prefer traditional retail models - and all the generational buying...
Industry 2030: How AI is Transforming Legacy Retail
The Future of Retail podcast, hosted by Retail Doctor Group's CEO Brian Walker, recently featured Martin Newman, a self-described "customer champion" whose four-decade journey through retail offers a uniquely valuable perspective on the retail industry's AI evolution,...