Shopping centres road to recovery – Top 10 insights revealed
Shopping centres road to recovery – Top 10 insig...
As reported last month, Skyfii have partnered with Brickfields Consulting to uncover key impacts of COVID-19 on shopping behaviours through a first-of-its-kind Nationwide Survey on retail property shopper confidence – the...
Retail industry releases COVID-19 Retail Recovery Protocol
Retail industry releases COVID-19 Retail Recovery ...
Australia’s key retail industry groups have united to release a Retail Recovery Protocol for COVID-19 to assure the community, including retail employees and customers are safe in retail stores and...
Coronavirus testing sites expands to Shopping Centres
Coronavirus testing sites expands to Shopping Cent...
Six new drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites across Melbourne will open today, bringing the total to 10 shopping centres, as part of the Victorian Government’s blitz to test up to 100,000 people...
Code of Conduct passed by State parliaments
Code of Conduct passed by State parliaments
During the past weeks, the State Governments have passed legislation in line with the National Cabinet’s Commercial Leasing Code of Conduct announced earlier this month. The code applies to SME...
Mirvac Retail launches online marketplace and contactless shopping
Mirvac Retail launches online marketplace and cont...
In an effort to support the local independent retailers that are the lifeblood of Mirvac Retail Centres, the team have launched an innovative online marketplace and contactless drive-thru pick-up service...
Preliminary March +8.2% retail figures fuelled by panic buying
Preliminary March +8.2% retail figures fuelled by ...
Australian retail turnover rose 8.2% in March 2020, seasonally adjusted, according to preliminary retail trade figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is the strongest seasonally...
Communication in the time of COVID-19
Communication in the time of COVID-19
Nothing is the same as last week, let alone last month. We’re in the midst of a pandemic, and that can make marketing and communications seem pretty futile. Leaving many...
Land Tax relief packages welcomed by landlords
Land Tax relief packages welcomed by landlords
The states and territories have announced a range of land tax measures to help landowners manage some of the challenges COVID-19 has presented. Each state and territory has different eligibility requirements...
5 parking tips to help Shopping Centres survive COVID-19
5 parking tips to help Shopping Centres survive CO...
Shopping centre car parks have been dramatically affected by the slowdowns resulting from the COVID-19 restrictions. Allison Yeoland of Parking Asset Advisory shares some of her tips on how shopping...
Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on shopping behaviours
Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on shopping ...
In this ‘new world’ where things are changing by the hour, omnidata intelligence company Skyfii, has partnered with leading customer insights firm Brickfields Consulting to help the retail property industry...
CULINARY CREATIVITY (Part 1) – Eating in is the new eating out
CULINARY CREATIVITY (Part 1) – Eating in is the ...
Throughout the centuries, the basic principles of food and hospitality have remained the same. However, as we have all experienced over the past few weeks, the way these principles are...
Retailers and Shopping Centres welcome retail SME code of conduct
Retailers and Shopping Centres welcome retail SME ...
The retail industry has been significantly impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic. The concept of landlords and retailers working together is a valid one, especially in a situation that is...
Emporium Melbourne temporarily closed, except for essential services
Emporium Melbourne temporarily closed, except for ...
Vicinity Centres’ Emporium Melbourne temporarily closed its doors at 5pm on Sunday 5 April until later this month due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the centre. ...
QICGRE centres delivers Easter kindness
QICGRE centres delivers Easter kindness
Across QICGRE’s shopping centres, acts of kindness are being spread to their communities. In a bid to keep community spirits high and sweettooth’s satisfied, a number of QICGRE’s Hyperdome (QLD),...
The ‘substitution effect’ creates consumer rush for household products
The ‘substitution effect’ creates cons...
A new shopping frenzy is taking hold as consumers rush to buy a host of products to maintain their lifestyle at home. Dr Prashan Karunaratne, economist from the Macquarie University...
“It’s a war out there!”
“It’s a war out there!”
Media headlines declaring war, relating to battles, and referring to the need to fight are inflaming emotions. As Barry Urquhart of Marketing Focus explains, these are not the best means...
Launch of national campaign to promote social distancing on building sites
Launch of national campaign to promote social dist...
The federal government announced a number of weeks ago that construction is an essential industry, but as we all know this issue is moving at a rapid rate, and things...
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Retailers and shopping centres unite in call for retail leasing industry code of conduct
Retailers and shopping centres unite in call for r...
Australia’s national retail groups and shopping centre landlords have united in a set of retail leasing principles and calling for the implementation of a national Code of Conduct for retail...
Riverdale Village Town Centre defies challenging environment and opens
Riverdale Village Town Centre defies challenging e...
Riverdale Village Town Centre has defied the challenging environment in becoming one of the only Shopping Centres in Australia to open amid the COVID-19 outbreak, bringing much-needed facilities to one...
Woolworths Group helps small business with rental relief and employment opportunities
Woolworths Group helps small business with rental ...
Woolworths Group has announced it will be offering support in way of rental relief and employment opportunities to help retail tenants in its shopping centres and other retail assets impacted...
Coles community hours helps more Australians
Coles community hours helps more Australians
Coles is dedicating two Community Hour shopping periods per week to emergency services and healthcare workers, who are essential to protecting the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these workers...
Toys R Us offers grandparents free shipping
Toys R Us offers grandparents free shipping
Toys”R”Us are offering grandparents the option for free shipping on their toy purchases in the wake of COVID-19 social distancing measures, which will see grandparents unable to visit their grandchildren...
Shopping Centres remain open, while gyms, cinemas, restaurants and cafés to close
Shopping Centres remain open, while gyms, cinemas,...
During the COVID-19 crisis shopping centres have remained open, with many experiencing spikes in foot traffic due to increased supermarket and food spending. On Sunday night, the Federal government announced that the...
Eastern Creek Quarter retail centre cancels opening due to COVID-19
Eastern Creek Quarter retail centre cancels openin...
Frasers Property Australia has announced that the planned opening of Easter Creek Quarter (ECQ), a brand new 10,000m2 (GLA) retail centre in Western Sydney, will not proceed as planned, while Woolworths...
Shopping Centres remain fully open for business
Shopping Centres remain fully open for business
Scentre Group acknowledges the recent statements by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, that shopping centres are ‘essential activities’ and will remain open for normal trade. Other landlords have also issued statements...
A blueprint for Australian retail recovery
A blueprint for Australian retail recovery
Retail is being challenged on a number of fronts – the latest two being bushfires and the coronavirus. The NRA has released its proposals… Australian retail is currently confronting an...
Shopping Centre industry response to COVID-19 COAG meeting
Shopping Centre industry response to COVID-19 COAG...
Chairman of the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA), Peter Allen, said he welcomed the measured approach and guidance regarding non-essential, organised mass gatherings, announced by Prime Minister Morrison following...
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