Peter James Ryan
Peter James Ryan is a strategic business consultant with over 25 years of marketing, business consulting and promotional experience. Ryan has been responsible for the development of some of Australiaʼs leading retail initiatives, retail brands, retail products, retail environments, retail promotions and retail services through both virtual and physical retail.
From the author

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...
Jan 25, 2018

It’s all in the detail
Modern retailers need to display they care or the cash register won't ring.
Jan 10, 2018

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.
Jan 4, 2018

Global sourcing has stuffed fashion – globally
The current cycle of formulaic trend to factory source will not survive the next decade without massive casualties.
Oct 24, 2017

All it takes is enhanced basics to win
To win in retail you don't engage in a race to the bottom.
Oct 10, 2017

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.
Aug 31, 2017

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.
Aug 15, 2017

Cost cutting is not growth
Many Australian retail business models are being compared to ‘the walking dead’.
Aug 9, 2017

Our people aren’t stupid
In a world preoccupied with performance at all costs, the language of ‘staff loyalty’ does not fit.
Jul 19, 2017

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.
Jul 4, 2017

The SumoSalad syndrome
Resentment toward the ‘negotiation’ of retail lease renewals by tenants has been simmering for a long period of time.
Jun 22, 2017

Retail reality is about to bite
Boards, investors and financiers are forcing retail operators into decisions that cannot work long term.
May 23, 2017

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.
May 16, 2017

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...
Apr 12, 2017

Inside Retail & Peter James Ryan
‘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.
Feb 28, 2017

Ancient dogma vs the beauty of experimentation & observation
Old retail is dying, new retail is emerging and a renaissance is coming.
Feb 21, 2017

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...
Feb 9, 2017

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.
Jan 31, 2017

Blurred lines
It's time for retailers to live where consumers live - in the blurred lines, writes Peter James Ryan.
Jan 8, 2015