
Australians have long enjoyed a love affair with cruising. From P&O’s Fairstar The Funship in the 1980s to the floating cities on the sea today, the global cruising industry is worth a whopping $7.25 billion, bouncing back from COVID-19 devastation and growing steadily. On board, passengers happily exchange their space,...

Successful ‘Big Gun’ shopping centres offer so much more than simply what’s between their walls. They’re microcities, microcosms and mega retail spaces, with the chance to shape government decisions, shape...

Right now in Australia, we’re in the middle of a gripping housing crisis. There aren’t enough homes for our projected population growth, and we’re reported to be falling behind on...

Playing out in shopping centres every day is the eternal goal to attract the ultimate commodity – our attention. But when the average adult’s attention span is now 8.25 seconds...

Do we rely too much on ‘peak trading times’ – Christmas, Mother’s Day, Easter and so on? Are ‘quiet times’ simply unavoidable and just part of everyday shopping habits? What...

This article by Harold Perks, Hames Sharley was first published in SCN’s Little Guns edition, November 2021. Trickle-down technology is a term that describes the way major technological advancements trickle...

This article by Harold Perks, Director at Hames Sharley, was first published in SCN – July/August edition Melbourne is consistently ranked as one of the world’s most liveable cities. Boasting...

Nothing accelerates innovation as fast as a significant necessity. As an industry and sector, we are currently working our way through and out of a once-in-a-lifetime event and must innovate...

At the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in Australia, the news was flooded with hundreds of iconic Australian stores closing their doors. As the nation braced for the pandemic’s impact...

Technology continues to shape our built environment, but a balance needs to be achieved between hi-tech demands and simple human interaction. Social interaction cannot be replaced with technology or virtual...

In an age of flying cars, food sold in restaurants grown on site, micro-chips implanted in our eyes so we can pay with retina scans, will shopping centres even exist?...

Forget the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, even Gen Z – the next shapers of our shopping centres are the Alphas – those born between 2010 and 2025. Don’t think...

Suppose you could produce a hologram image of a handbag in mid-air, reach out to it and turn it around to examine it whole! The technology, according to Harold Perks...

It’s coming at us faster than a speeding Bugatti Veyron – the era of the autonomous car. In the US, in Europe and even here at home, research and development is reaching mammoth...

Imagine this: you walk into your local retail centre, aiming to pick out an evening gown and shoes, grab a quick chef-prepared meal for lunch, and organise your grocery drop-off to your house.
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