In recent years, the retail sector has been impacted by considerable payments system change, much of which has been of great benefit to the sector; however...

We are all aware of the evolution of food offerings within shopping centres and their importance within the broader retail market. But what about the

1 July 2017 will mark a symbolic day. This is because, to channel the words of a former Prime Minister, a controversial tax loophole is due to be ‘dead, buried and cremated’...

Anyone would think that the retail world is about to collapse with the amount of retailers that have either gone intoreceivership or restructured their businesses in the past 12 months here in Australia...

The International Council of Shopping Centers has always had some difficulty with the ‘International’ bit...

Little Guns are always hot! They are the stepping-stones to Big Gun status. What happens in them is always interesting because...

If you think retail trading hours is a subject that’s more or less settled in this country, think again. In Queensland...

Neighbourhood shopping centres have been the primary target for acquisitions in the last few years by many private investors, syndicators and...

When authorities, whether local, state or federal, consider shopping centres, they often fail to link the centres with the community at large; instead, they are seen as property developments...

Many issues of SCN have a shelf life of a year. The Big Guns, for example, are kept as references until the next one comes out! The JLL retail investment market review gives this issue the same shelf life – it’s kept until it’s updated. Fascinating reading, not just for...

Russell Zimmerman looks at Christmas, the impact of the new minimum wage on retail as well as credit card surcharges...

One of the reasons Australian shopping centres are the best in the world is that the planning and zoning systems in place are the best in the world...

This is a really great insight with figures to back it up, as to why the shopping centre industry in Australia is the best in the world...

The luxury retail market in Australia and New Zealand experienced more robust growth through 2015...

In this article, Angus Nardi discusses the issue. It’s a reasoned, logical and pragmatic paper; but he leaves no room for a dissenting point of view, as quite frankly, there isn’t one!