More Australians than ever are planning to take advantage of Black Friday with around 10 million shoppers expected to search for a bargain ahead of Christmas, representing 14% growth on...

To improve the shopping experience from the moment consumers arrive, QIC has partnered with Thrifty Car Rental to give savvy shoppers a VIP parking experience and no-fuss access to some...

Robert Horton, Founder of First Class Valet, discusses how shopping centres can improve the customer experience and remove one of the biggest pain points for shoppers this Christmas.  We’ve spent the...

The world is changing! Inflation has arrived, unemployment is down and wages are on the increase. What has been ‘normal’ for the past decade is now abnormal. Someone’s kicked the...

Web3 – the latest iteration of the internet – is here to stay. According to Julie Furlong, shopping centre marketing teams must get across how the digital and physical environments...

Scentre Group’s unique out-of-home brand channel, BrandSpace has kicked off Christmas in July by providing agencies with an opportunity to have their photo taken with Santa, to celebrate the launch...

Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes states: “Your brand is the single most important investment you can make in your business.” In this article, published in the latest issue of SCN...

The link between food and beverage and leisure and entertainment has never been stronger. And it looks like it’s a continuing trend. In his latest article (published in SCN’s CBD...

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...

The much anticipated re-opening of retail and hospitality in NSW is set to happen within weeks when the state passes its 70% double vaccination target, under the roadmap to freedom released...

Colliers has released ‘The Future of Retail Demand: The Road to Recovery’ report on how COVID-19 has reconfigured the retail landscape and what the future looks like. With two major states –...

Shopper Media Group has rebranded to Shopper, strengthening its hold in retail out of home (OOH) media. Shopper’s out-of-home advertising screens are positioned in shopping centres across Australia. The group...

The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) today reiterated its standing offer to support the vaccine rollout, first made to chief medical officers and state governments earlier in the year. ...

Today, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the current lockdown restrictions will be extended for another week until 11:59pm, Friday 16 July, given the ongoing cases of community transmission and following...

AMP Capital’s $142 million redevelopment of Marrickville Metro is ready to welcome locals and Sydneysiders to the newly expanded centre across the road on Smidmore Street with a five-day extravaganza...

Lunar New Year 2021 falls on Friday 12 February this year, and although there isn’t the influx of Chinese tourists into Australia due to travel restrictions, the more than 1.2...

As SCN’s Premium Members tuned in to the live stream Panel Discussion on the future of shopping centres, a limited number of guests attended the luncheon at Sydney’s Establishment Ballroom...

Casey May, Director at Redsteps Marketing shares 10 ideas that will help you to continue engaging shoppers while in-centre events are not possible. These strategies will help shopping centres adapt to...

Vicinity Centres (Vicinity, ASX:VCX) announced its results for the 12 months to 30 June 2020, with a statutory net loss after tax of $1.8 billion (FY19: $346.1 million statutory net...

After several months of negotiation, Carramar Village in Perth’s northern suburbs has changed hands for $33.5 million – representing the largest shopping centre sale in Perth for 2020. Built circa 2009,...

Mirvac Retail has today mandated masks be worn by all their staff in their centres where they are public facing to further enhance their safety and prevention procedures for the...

In the toughest restrictions to retail to date, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced today all retail will close with the exception of supermarket, fresh food stores and pharmacies. The new...

Kerry Stewart, Founder and Managing Director of Dovecote Design has a passion for transforming commercial spaces into Christmas destinations and creating unique visual experiences. In this article written for SCN, Kerry discusses...

Food courts in shopping centres across NSW are set to re-open as further COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. The decision announced today by the NSW Government to reopen shopping centre food courts...

The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great...

Precision Group launched their WELCOME BACK campaign last week to celebrate the reopening of more and more retail stores and to ‘welcome back’ both customers and retailers to their five...

Shopper Media today has released the findings of its Consumer Sentiment Study, revealing the impact of COVID-19 on current and future shopping patterns and the behavioural and attitudinal shifts driving...

The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great...

Brisbane’s Wynnum Plaza is delivering care packages to community members who are struggling to buy the essentials during COVID-19, including the elderly, disadvantaged families and people with disability. The centre will...

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...

The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great...