Camera sales were rising out of a trough in the second quarter of 2012, according to the regular GfK TEMAX report on technical consumer goods sales.… Read more
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Retail’s doom overstated
Things are not all doom and gloom for bricks-and-mortar stores, according to researchers from Monash University’s Australian Centre for Retail Studies (ACRS). The new research,… Read more
Specialty occupancy costs at all-time high
According to the latest BIS Shrapnel report on the retail property sector, Retail Property Market Forecasts and Strategies 2012 to 2022, ‘specialty shop occupancy costs are…unsustainably… Read more
Retailers integrating online with in-store
Australian retailers are willing to invest increasing resources into staffing, supply chain and marketing their online businesses, according to the findings of the AIMIA Online… Read more
Dramatic channel shifts, says GfK boss
GfK Australia managing director, Gary Lamb, says that camera retailers need to ‘get some sort of omni-channel strategy created so you store actually becomes a benefit and… Read more
GfK: Local camera market down 19 percent
The latest GfK TEMAX report, on the Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Q1, 2012, identifies a dramatic 19 percent drop in the value of… Read more
DSLRs prop up camera market
The latest Canon Consumer Digital Lifestyle Index (Canon CDLI), released in partnership with GfK Retail and Technology, shows just how hard price deflation has hammered… Read more
Online sales will level out, says report
Research by AMP Capital Shopping Centres indicates online spending in Australia and New Zealand will level out at 15 per cent of total retail sales… Read more
Moderate demand for mirrorless cameras
The latest figures from CIPA show that the new mirrorless interchangeable format cameras have not made the impact that the camera makers may have hoped.… Read more
‘Showrooming’ – a glass half full?
According to a study by the Pew Research Centre, more than half of adult mobile phone owners in the US used their phones while they were… Read more