CBD Guns: What does the future hold?
We’ve been inundated with reports, opinions, commentaries on ‘the demise of CBD retail’. In the main, it’s all in response to the office worker now working from home far more...
GapMaps releases its annual retail network report with insights and trends across four retail sectors
GapMaps has released its 2022 annual retail network reports that tracks store openings and closures across Australia, providing key insights on the changing competitor landscape in key retail sectors: Café...
Census 2021 what did we learn?
This article was first published in Shopping Centre News – Mini Guns 2022 edition. Premium members can view the full digital issue here. These days, we’re engulfed in data, statistics...
Store openings up in past twelve months, but closures continue
GapMaps, a cloud-based location intelligence platform, has released its annual Fast Food & Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) report, providing valuable insights on the number of store openings and closures in...
Location is everything
It wasn’t long ago that to determine the extent of your centre’s trade area, you studied a thick street directory and held shopper surveys over a period of a couple...
Using location intel to drive growth
Technology is rapidly evolving and customer experience has never been more important. How can shopping centres stay ahead of the curve in today’s changing landscape? This article forms part of a...
Australia post-COVID: Population and retail sales outlook
This article by Tony Dimasi, Head of Advisory at GapMaps is featured in the latest issue of SCN magazine – September/October Mini Guns edition. On 28 June 2021, the Australian Department of...
GapMaps launches free tool to help Victorians find essential services within 5km
With Stage 4 lockdown restrictions in place across metropolitan Melbourne, people are only allowed to go out and travel up to 5 km for necessary goods and services like supermarket, pharmacy,...
After COVID-19: The long haul back
Australian shopping centres have at last commenced the long haul back from the gloom of the COVID-19 shutdown. The question now is how long will it take to return to...
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