A mix of economic unease and fears of the growth of online shopping is pushing retailers to offer ever-steeper discounts, but there’s a better strategy to make it through the holidays in the black.
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The expensive things we buy say a lot about our identity, the way we think, and how we feel.
While other industries stride ahead with 3D printing, clothing still has a few hurdles to overcome.
Five tips on how to spend in a way that contributes to social movements this Christmas.
More supermarkets are starting to stock “phantom brands”- private label products without any reference to the business’ brand or logo.
South Africa’s concentrated formal supermarket industry stands as an obstacle against economic transformation and competitive pricing for consumers.
It’s a tough time to be a retailer in Australia, but there are some retailers that have found the formula for success.
Some of the bigger grocery retailers are moving away from convenience stores because of increased costs, difficulties reading the market and cannibalisation.
The RBA has revised regulations on how much merchants can charge for using a credit or debit card which might make the practise more common.
Will MPs make an example of the BHS owners or create a moral hazard that dents welfare reforms?
If you can’t really tell the difference between Target and Kmart, you’re not alone.
Fears from retailers that shoppers will curtail purchases is generally unfounded - but not for a few categories.
You’re no mug right? Think again. We all get fooled by anchoring, and probably use it ourselves as well.
Previous attempts to revitalise one of Britain’s best-known retail brands have gone awry. Has the rot gone too far this time?
Woolworths’ move to rebrand its private labels may lead to no points of difference for customers between supermarket products except price, where Aldi is strongest.
Putting the purchasing public at the heart of your business is getting harder and harder as technology drives ever more interaction.
The big supermarkets, Woolworths and Coles, will need to think of new strategies to compete with new chains such as Aldi which continue to steal market share.
Shareholders should be worried about how much it’s costing Woolworths to run its business.
Business and consumers are demanding more data than ever, and the traditional barcode isn’t cutting it any more.
Men and women may be charged differently for the same product, but the problems come when you don’t have the choice.
Top contributors
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Interim Director, UWA Public Policy Institute; Associate Professor & Programme Co-ordinator (Masters of Public Policy), The University of Western Australia
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Professor, College of Business, Zayed University
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Lecturer, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Industry fellow, Graduate School of Business, Deakin University
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Professor, Monash University
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Omar H. Fares is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer in the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Senior Research Associate, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Coleman Chair Professor of Marketing and Director of Research, Texas A&M University
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Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor in International Business & Strategic Management, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Accounting, University of Portsmouth
