Myer buys Marcs and David Lawrence fashion brands

Myer buys Marcs and David Lawrence fashion brands

Myer has purchased Marcs and David Lawrence for an undisclosed sum, but the future of the struggling fashion labels’ stores and staff remains bleak. Marcs and David Lawrence went into administration in February after a slide in sales pushed them into the red. Rather...
Why underinvestment is hurting Australian retail

Why underinvestment is hurting Australian retail

Investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion – Bill Nye Walk into any regional shopping centre or high street and you will see that some of Australian mid-market speciality retail...
Retail Basics Are So Yesterday

Retail Basics Are So Yesterday

There are definitely times where I am listening to the radio, and I think, ‘That would be awesome. I would love to sing that.’ It’s this weird karaoke fantasy that I might someday get to live out on the big screen – Skylar Astin Current Australian online retail sales...
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...