July 2011
Monthly Archive
McInnes threatens landlords with store closures – The West Australian
MattE 26 Jul 2011 | : Business
The challenge has been laid down to shopping centres, and not a moment too soon.
Premier Retail boss Mark McInnes has dangled the threat of widespread store closures over shopping centre landlords in a bid to extract a better deal on rents as his group of fashion businesses joins the throng of retail rivals warning of “challenging” conditions.
Mr McInnes issued the challenge to shopping centre owners yesterday during his first trading update since his appointment as chief executive of Premier Investments’ collection of retail businesses – which include Just Jeans, Dotti and Portmans – in March.
McInnes threatens landlords with store closures – The West Australian.
Sales fatigue fuels retail slump
MattE 25 Jul 2011 | : Business, General
I have said before that the constant wrangling over the Carbon Tax and the persistant nay-saying and negative approach by Tony Abbott is creating huge uncertainty in the market for consumers.
KMART managing director Guy Russo believes the carbon-tax debate is partly responsible for the slump in retail spending and that constant sales and discounting by retailers are confusing shoppers, making them distrust shelf prices and keep their hands in their pockets.
List management essential for SMS marketing
MattE 20 Jul 2011 | : Business, Communications, Marketing, SMS
SMS is a proven marketing tool for businesses who have a need to deliver timely offers directly into the hands of their customers at a time of their choosing. It is also a marketing tool that allows rapid deployment enabling a savvy business to take advantage of many sorts of events to frame their offer.
The effectiveness of any SMS marketing is heavily influenced by the list being used. Use a poor list and your business could suffer more reputational harm than the benefits of the send.
The best SMS list is derived from your own business, through acquisition of numbers from customers at the point of sale, through sign-up promotions or other activities designed to capture opt-in registrations.
Liberal attacks wrecking consumer confidence
MattE 16 Jul 2011 | : Business
Just as a lead up to an election stifles consumer confidence, we are seeing the same effect over the slanging match over the carbon tax.
Sadly Abbott cannot see that his ongoing negative sentiments are causing great collateral damage to the retail economy and will continue to do so until the tax is in and we have had another election.
His best action is to work to make sure it is the best tax it can be, rather than being totally opposed.
Gillards best course of action is to be able to produce some seriously accurate numbers that will allay any fears on households of the impact of the carbon tax. Since the time when Rudd was proposing the idea, the Australian community has been ill-informed, leading to confusion and doubt.
