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Data can’t save our department stores
Can someone explain how retailers that sit on some of the world’s richest sources of big data, fail to compete with thos...
It’s all in the detail
Modern retailers need to display they care or the cash register won't ring.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, so who is the cheapest of them all?
Retail is overdue for a clean out and we’re in the middle of it now – globally.
Global sourcing has stuffed fashion – globally
The current cycle of formulaic trend to factory source will not survive the next decade without massive casualties.
All it takes is enhanced basics to win
To win in retail you don't engage in a race to the bottom.
What if Amazon is the trigger for the next tech wreck?
The “belief” in Amazon is about a future that may or may not eventuate.
When the smoke clears, it’s all about product and experience
The management view that everything can be cut down to ‘international benchmarks’ is formulaic nonsense.
Cost cutting is not growth
Many Australian retail business models are being compared to ‘the walking dead’.
Our people aren’t stupid
In a world preoccupied with performance at all costs, the language of ‘staff loyalty’ does not fit.
Technology is making us stupid
We are ending up with a ‘tick the box’ process based industry and dumbing down retail models, experience and talent.
The SumoSalad syndrome
Resentment toward the ‘negotiation’ of retail lease renewals by tenants has been simmering for a long period of time.
Retail reality is about to bite
Boards, investors and financiers are forcing retail operators into decisions that cannot work long term.
Why are retail analysts and media commentators so damn negative?
Modern news coverage – whether you see it as fake news or real news – is not serving us well.
It’s all a matter of judgement
Professional managers have a place, just not in the critical leadership positions that involve the key ingredient that c...
‘Buycott’ – new term, old idea but more scary than ever
Contemporary technology makes generating a Buycott a frighteningly easy and very difficult to undo phenomenon.
Ancient dogma vs the beauty of experimentation & observation
Old retail is dying, new retail is emerging and a renaissance is coming.
Surprised by the demise of David Lawrence & Marcs? Really?
Aussie fashion retailers are out of alignment with consumer stimulation, disconnected with the aspirational magnetism re...
Does the Easter Bunny really want to come out to play in January?
Time to re-examine your retail calendar and how you're managing it.
Blurred lines
It's time for retailers to live where consumers live - in the blurred lines, writes Peter James Ryan.
