This article by Grant Kelley, CEO, Vicinity Centres forms part of a special CEO Outlook feature published in SCN’s Big Guns 2022 edition. The pandemic required us, in many respects,...

This article by Michelle Abbey, Executive General Manager, Town Centres, Stockland, forms part of a special CEO Outlook feature published in SCN’s Big Guns 2022 edition. More than ever before,...

This article by Michael O’Brien, Managing Director, QIC Real Estate forms part of a special CEO Outlook feature published in SCN’s Big Guns 2022 edition. The past two years have...

This article by Ben Ellis, CEO Retail, Charter Hall,  forms part of a special CEO Outlook feature published in SCN’s Big Guns 2022 edition. 2022 is set to be another...

This CEO Outlook contribution was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, Big Guns 2021 2020 – a defining year for communities Working for Woolworths during 2020 was a unique...

This CEO Outlook contribution was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, Big Guns 2021 We operate a business and brand that are important to our customers, essential to the...

This CEO Outlook contribution was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, Big Guns 2021 As I look back on the past year, it’s certainly been an extraordinarily challenging one...

This CEO Outlook contribution was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, Big Guns 2021 Our communities and our industry faced extraordinary challenges during 2020 but we at Vicinity started...

This CEO Outlook contribution was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, Big Guns 2021 Retail experienced one of its most disruptive years yet in 2020, challenging the industry to...

This CEO Outlook contribution was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, Big Guns 2021 There is no doubt that 2020 has been one of the most, if not the...

This CEO Outlook contribution was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, Big Guns 2021 As a global community we have witnessed and experienced unfathomable sadness during this pandemic. Yet...

This CEO Outlook contribution was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, Big Guns 2021 This year, I want to start my article by thanking each and every one of...

This CEO Outlook contribution was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, Big Guns 2021 No doubt we’re all glad to see the back of 2020. But despite lockdowns and...

To be successful in today’s market, you need to have your eye firmly on your customer and stay close to their changing needs and preferences. Our team’s ability to understand...

Returning to the office in January, I couldn’t help but be moved and inspired by the efforts of our fire fighters, volunteers and regional communities who fought the ferocious fire...

It’s been a challenging and sombre start to 2020, with our country tragically impacted by unprecedented bushfires and concern about novel coronavirus. Many of our communities have been directly affected...

Retail – ready for the future Earlier this year, I was fortunate to attend the NRF Retail Week conference in New York. NRF is the world’s largest retail conference and...

Reflecting on the year that was and predicting what a new year will bring causes most of us to acknowledge the scope and pace of change that occurs in what...

I’m sure we’ve all been affected in some way this summer by the endless havoc we’ve seen with the fires, followed by potential flooding in areas and now a global...

It’s been a particularly challenging past 12 months for the retail sector as the industry continues to try and grasp the global technological and demographic changes that are impacting our...

Like all of us over the Christmas and New-Year period, I’ve witnessed the devastation of our land and local communities through bush fires, and the incredible rallying of support that...

Thinking about what is important to our shoppers, I recall a column written by Bernard Salt, columnist for The Australian, recounting a story of a McDonald’s restaurant opening in a...

The changing market Interest rates falling, movement in property prices, cost of living pressures, low wages growth and the impact from the country’s bushfires and coronavirus outbreak are all impacting...

At Charter Hall Retail – the more things change, the more they stay the same. I was recently asked which aspects of Charter Hall’s retail business I am most proud...

Ever evolving retail environment   The retail environment is constantly changing. For centuries humans have gathered in villages and marketplaces to trade, barter and later purchase their fresh food: meats,...

You have to love retail. I think most of us that work in our industry do. I’ve been writing an outlook for almost half a decade now and one theme...

The pace of change within the retail sector is continuing to accelerate, with many predicting the change we will experience in the next five years will be more than in...

This year, Australians and international tourists will make 500 million visits to one of our sixty-plus Vicinity Centres’ destinations. They will spend $17 billion across every state of Australia. They...

The market keeps growing Back in 1998, total Australian retail expenditure was about $121 billion with online spending capturing just $1 billion. In 2018, the Australian retail expenditure has risen...

I’m excited once again to welcome another year as our industry continues to evolve at a frenetic pace and we are all challenged to forecast and act upon what the...

As owners of retail real estate look to navigate their way through a challenging period, are we working through a ‘normal’ property cycle or are we seeing a structural shift...

Resilience in a challenging environment Despite all the noise of the impending “retail apocalypse” in 2017 and headlines of negative sentiment towards retail that continued throughout 2018, the retail industry...