Website hosting behemoth Rackspace is encouraging retailers to load test their websites to ensure they can withstand increased Christmas traffic. ‘Load testing your site and… Read more
Posts published in “Retail”
Avoid website overload over Christmas
Specialty retailers pay 400 percent lease premium
The latest quarterly report on retail leasing costs from international property analysts, Savill’s Research, gives an insight into the added fixed costs faced by specialist… Read more
GST-free sales impact ‘comical’, says Choice
Consumer lobbyist Choice claims the argument that the GST low-value-threshold (LVT) is having an impact on Australian retailers is ‘based more on fiction than reality.’ Choice… Read more
Local retailers share ideas
Two Australian retailers featured this month in the popular PMA feature Marketing Ideas Exchange with Bill McCurry. Brett Peters, Peters Camera House North Lakes, Qld,… Read more
Taking control of change
If my last article ‘Change Is Constant – and Lonely’ (Photo Counter, April 4) resonated with you, then what are you doing to stay ahead… Read more
Go the extra mile – in the right direction
Peter Budd, marketing consultant with Photo Direct, challenges independent retailers to ‘take a look at your value proposition through the eyes of your customers’: ‘We… Read more
The lease you can do
Former Ted’s Cameras managing director, Richard Robertson, talks about the traps for the unwary in retail leases, from signing the contract to handing back the… Read more
It’s official – retail rents among world’s highest
According to global property advisor, CBRE Group, three Australian cities rank among the most expensive retail locations in the world, despite significant rent fluctuations and… Read more
Carbon Tax primer for lowering energy costs
MYOB has prepared a useful 16-page guide for small business owners on the Carbon Tax. With a great deal of heat and not much light being applied… Read more
Online – just get over it
John Swainston, managing director of photo accessory specialist Maxwell International, opened his segment of the PMA Digital Conference session, ‘Retail Global Trends’ by noting that,… Read more
