Australian retail sales registered a disappointing result in April, with total turnover contracting for the first time in 2012. The decline sent the dollar skidding at investors raised their bets of another interest rate cut. Sales for the month fell 0.2 per cent, defying expectations by analysts of a gain by that margin, to total [...]
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MELBOURNE CENTRAL RECORD STRONGEST TRAFFIC COUNT THIS YEAR MORE THAN 180,000 SHOPPERS FLOCK TO CENTRE FOR ONE DAY SHOPPING FESTIVAL
Yesterday the GPT Group’s Melbourne Central held its inaugural One Day Shopping Festival and more than 180,000 Melburnians moved through the centre, the largest traffic count to be recorded this year. Melbourne Central organised a schedule of activities which aimed to raise the bar of the traditional consumer experience and drive consumers back into bricks [...]
IGA Launches New Concept Store in NSW to Cater For Young Gourmets
A new concept in IGA stores has launched in Sydney, catering for a customer base of inner-city dwellers and people seeking gourmet foods, grocery and supermarket shopping. The new store called IGA Marketplace, replaces the IGA Darlinghurst on Oxford Street, and features a vast selection of more than 11,000 grocery products, with a heavy emphasis [...]
Aedas Designed Destination Mall Officially Opened
Starlight Place, the latest shopping mall designed by Aedas, officially opened its doors to its customers in Chongqing, PRC last month. With its unusual and dynamic angular forms, the iconic mall has become one of the few landmarks in the city since completion that is picking up speed in its development. Chairman Keith Griffiths, General [...]
ARA and Roy Morgan partner for gold standard retail knowledge
Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said it was pleased to be partnering with Roy Morgan Research, Australia’s largest independent market research body to bring valuable industry knowledge and insight to retailers operating at the coal face of the sector. ARA Executive Director Russell Zimmerman said the partnership would combine knowledge and [...]
