Google’s drone startup Wing launches world first shopping centre drone delivery service in Queensland
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a shopping centre drone.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a shopping centre drone.
There have been plenty of reports regarding the latest Black Friday sales breaking shopping records… However, this is not at physical stores, it’s online purchasing that continues to rise. So, how can retailers boost their physical in-store visits? Smart in-store analytics are helping retailers better understand customer counts and dwell times at their bricks-and-mortar sites, so […]
Retail spending jumped by a better than expected 0.9 per cent in November, easily beating economist forecasts of a 0.4 per cent increase. November’s Black Friday sales fuelled a better-than-expected monthly retail turnover, but economists are wary of how much of the 0.9 per cent increase would previously have been spent during December. Consumers shelled […]
A majority of Aussies prefer to shop from local retailers.
What is the future of retail?
How can small businesses leverage the new GST laws?
The Australian shopping experience has evolved dramatically over the last decade. Emerging global high street outlets vie for space among newly expanded independent retailers as each offer unique products and services to towns and cities. At the same time, online retail has experienced a boom; widely adopted by business owners and shoppers alike. Despite the […]
Welcome to the digital age, where Point of Sale (POS) software and similar applications have become the new norm. Not surprisingly, these have changed the way consumers shop – in a radical way – over the past five years. It has also meant that the retailers, particularly small businesses, have had to adapt in order […]
Customers are increasingly interacting with retailers through multiple ‘channels’ as part of a single transaction. Retailers that fail to offer a superior shopping experience, where their customers can move seamlessly between different channels, risk becoming obsolete, industry experts warned a recent forum’s attendees. Held at Sydney’s Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel on Wednesday, 18 May, the […]
Retail turnover saw another small rise in March, up 0.3 per cent following a 0.7 per cent climb in February 2015.