Catchment Research
Analysing a store catchment from available evidence
Build a working store catchment from customer origins, ABS local data, access routes and competing stores without overstating what the data shows.
Desk
Desk Economics
Works through catchment decisions, store economics, workforce models and the sustainability claims retailers make.
Retail Economics
Checking the scope of a retailer's environmental target
Check a retailer's target boundary, baseline, deadline, emissions scopes and reported progress before describing it as achieved or on track.
Catchment Research
Evaluating a location after local demographics change
Reassess a retail location after neighbourhood change by separating resident growth, demographic mix and actual store behaviour.
Retail Economics
Evaluating packaging and waste claims from published evidence
Separate recyclable design, recycled content, collection and measured waste outcomes when assessing Australian retail packaging claims.
Retail Formats
Evaluating the role of smaller store formats
Assess smaller retail stores by customer task, range, replenishment costs and their effect on the wider network.
Retail Economics
Gross margin versus operating profit in retail
See how retail gross margin differs from operating profit, work through the arithmetic and check expense definitions before comparing results.
Retail Economics
Reading inventory turnover alongside product availability
Calculate inventory turnover, read it beside product availability and avoid mistaking fast stock movement for reliable customer service.
Retail Economics
Reading workforce statistics with the right population
Interpret Australian retail workforce figures by separating people, filled jobs, total jobs and hours, with the right industry and reference period.
Retail Economics
Recording sample and period limitations in retail analysis
Record the population, coverage, dates, adjustment basis and source version beside a retail finding.
Retail Economics
Retail business economics
See how gross margin, operating costs, sales density and stock availability fit together when assessing a retail business.
Catchment Research
Retail location and catchment research
Assess an Australian retail site by customer journeys, catchment evidence, competing stores, premises and the limits of local data.
Retail Economics
Sales per square metre and its limitations
Calculate retail sales per square metre, check which sales and floor area are counted, and see why the result is not a profit measure.
Retail Economics
Understanding opening hours as an operating decision
Assess Australian store opening hours through local trading rules, marginal customer demand, staffing conditions and complete incremental cost.