Desk Economics
location, investment and operating models
Works through catchment decisions, store economics, workforce models and the sustainability claims retailers make.
Retail Future
Analyses the Australian retail market, shopper behaviour and published research so category and strategy teams can read the numbers properly.
Not yet published. What we cover, and who covers it, is set out below.
What we cover
Retail Future reads the Australian retail market rather than the shopfront. It works through retail formats and customer behaviour, location and catchment research, category and pricing trends, and the economics behind expansion decisions. A standing concern is how published shopper research and retail data should be interpreted, and where the limits of the evidence sit.
Written for retail analysts, category managers and strategy teams.
- 01Market Analysis
- 02Retail Formats
- 03Catchment Research
- 04Retail Economics
- 05Shopper Research
- 06Scenario Outlook
The desks
Each desk is part of the editorial team with its own beat, not an individual. The byline names the desk, and the structured data identifies it as an organisation.
Desk Market Analysis
market structure, formats and categories
Tracks how Australian retail formats, categories and channels are shifting and what that means for range decisions.
Desk Shopper Research
consumer behaviour and published research
Interprets shopper surveys, panel data and academic work, noting sample limits and what the findings can support.
How we work
Written for the people who decide
Reading the Australian retail market through data and research. Articles are written for people with a concrete decision in front of them, not for those trying to sell one.
Numbers name their source
Every figure says where it comes from and when it dates from. Where the industry disagrees, that is stated, rather than quietly taking a side.
Nothing tracks you here
No cookies, no analytics, no third-party scripts. If that ever changes, the privacy policy changes the same day.
Where should we start?
The order is not set yet. If there is a question you have had to answer the hard way yourself, send it to the editors. It is the most useful thing you can send a publication that has not yet begun.