Neon Playground by Chinatown – driving business outcomes and community engagement
The launch of the five-week Neon Playground by Chinatown festival of art, lights, music, food and community has delivered tangible impacts for businesses around the Asian Australian cultural hub of...
What’s in store for Sydney CBD retail?
The three graphs in this article paint the picture. Figure 1 shows the international tourist arrivals over the past decade; Figure 2 shows Sydney CBD rental levels and Figure 3...
Small businesses restart with VMO’s $1 million Open For Business initiative
The COVID-19 pandemic affected all of us in one way or another – some more than others. Now, after 18 months of uncertainty, there is light at the end of...
Melbourne’s retail revival kicks off with extended trading hours
This week, Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews announced an easing of the State’s restrictions allowing for an earlier reopening for ‘non-essential’ retailers for double vaccinated customers and staff. From Friday, 29...
The Streets of Barangaroo launches a love letter to Sydney
Lendlease launches the first instalment of its new video series – Sydney isn’t Sydney without you – a love letter to Sydney from our city’s beating heart, The Streets of...
Shopping centres prepare to welcome back all customers and COVID-safe Santa
Shopping centres and retailers across the country have all been affected by various restrictions and lockdowns, but as we start to hit our vaccination targets, The Shopping Centre Council of...
Retail Ready with Colliers: Rare CBD supply drives major brand enquiry
The retail rebound is very front of mind for the retail industry and the broader Australian community as consumers, brands and venues eagerly await lockdowns to lift and enter the...
July retail sales slow as lockdown impacts take hold
Lockdowns in multiple states in July have impacted retail sales. The latest release (July 2021) of the monthly ABS Retail Trade data indicates that the overall month-on-month (m-o-m) estimate* decreased by...
Scentre Group’s strong operating performance drives 28% growth
Scentre Group (ASX: SCG) have released its results for the six months to 30 June 2021 with Operating Profit of $460.1 million and Funds From Operations (FFO) of $463.4 million....
Victorian Government reinstates Commercial Tenancies Relief Scheme
The Commercial Tenancies Relief Scheme (CTRS) will be reinstated to provide rent relief for small to medium commercial tenants and their landlords with more details on the roll out to be...
New research shows Melbourne CBD recovery timeline
New research by Deloitte Access Economics shows Melbourne’s CBD economy will grow by $6 billion in 2021 and is on-track to return to pre-COVID levels by late 2024. The research...
3 steps to recalibrating CBD food post pandemic
This article written by Suzee Brain, Director Brain & Poulter was first published in SCN Vol.39 No. 2 – CBD Guns 2021 Whatever the ‘new normal’ produces, with regard to F&B businesses...
Victoria’s restrictions extended, QR Codes mandatory for retail
The Victorian Government has today announced an extension to lockdown measures affecting Metropolitan Melbourne, with restrictions to continue until 11.59pm, Thursday June 10 before gradual further easing. The Australian Retailers Association...
Australia’s retail sector rebounds and positions for future growth
Following the tumultuous year of 2020, Australia’s retail sector has bounced back at a remarkable pace, well beyond any forecasts. Colliers latest Retail Research and Forecast report has found that as...
Expect it all in Rundle Mall
This article by Johanna Williams, General Manager, Rundle Mall was first published in SCN Vol. 39 no. 2 CBD Guns issue Rundle Mall is more than South Australia’s premier shopping destination,...
In conversation with Perth’s Lord Mayor, Basil Zempilas
CBDs – their development, management and daily activities – have a wide variety of influences way beyond our industry. For this special CBD feature (first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 2...
In conversation with Melbourne’s Lord Mayor, Sally Capp
CBDs – their development, management and daily activities – have a wide variety of influences way beyond our industry. For this special CBD feature (first published in SCN Vol. 39 No....
In conversation with Brisbane’s Lord Mayor, Adrian Schrinner
CBDs – their development, management and daily activities – have a wide variety of influences way beyond our industry. For this special CBD feature (first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 2...
In conversation with Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore
CBDs – their development, management and daily activities – have a wide variety of influences way beyond our industry. For this special CBD feature (first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 2...
Online retail complements traditional businesses says NRA
Online sales are rocketing – up some 57% in 2020. But people like to shop; they like getting out of the house (as distinct from ‘lockdowns’). According to the NRA,...
The City of Sydney launches retail innovation program
In an effort to support CBD businesses, The City of Sydney’s Adapt and Advance webinar series kicks off today and is targeted at the retail and hospitality sector. A second...
Natalie Brennan, Food Co Group
Retailers play a vital role in creating great shopping centres and community spaces. At Shopping Centre News we think it’s important to showcase and profile retailers to our audiences. This week, we speak...
Federal Budget provides urgent relief to struggling retailers
The Federal Budget will deliver almost $100 billion in new spending to support Australia’s recovery from the impacts of COVID-19. The retail sector will receive a boost from more money...
Dexus positions for the recovery
Dexus (ASX:DXS) has announced its 2020 annual results – the group’s net profit after tax was $983.0 million, down 23.3% on the prior year. This movement was primarily driven by net...
Shopping Centre Council welcomes NSW Premier’s support for retail road to recovery
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) has welcomed NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s encouragement for businesses to ‘have a go’ and reopen if they are able to adhere to social...
Shopping centres road to recovery – Top 10 insights revealed
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
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...
NRA releases blueprint for Australian retail recovery
The National Retail Association (NRA) has released an ambitious blueprint designed to tackle the unprecedented challenges confronting the sector and set Australian retail on course for recovery. The full impact...
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