Brian Walker

There’s a lot to love about running your own business.

There are often great parallels between the way we conduct business and participate in team sports. Just like in sports when we blame the referee for a poor decision which costs us the game, in business we tend to blame economic circumstances – the global financial crisis – on our bad business performance. But how long can we keep blaming the GFC?

With global uncertainty on the political, financial and retail fronts, several new trends are emerging that will have a significant impact on Australian retail. There are five global retail trends in particular that all retailers must be aware of!