What flagship stores are teaching us about the future of Australian shopping centres
Around the world, flagship stores aren’t just selling products — they’re staging spectacles, sparking emotion and becoming cultural landmarks. Harold...
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On board – Taking retail lessons from cruise ships
What can shopping centre developers and managers learn from cruise ship operators? Lots, according to Hames Sharley Retail & Town...
Local precinct planning and shaping: Thinking outside the box
Successful ‘Big Gun’ shopping centres offer so much more than simply what’s between their walls. They’re microcities, microcosms and mega...
Less of more, and more of less – densifying our retail centres
Right now in Australia, we’re in the middle of a gripping housing crisis. There aren’t enough homes for our projected...
Paying attention. How to beat the retail goldfish bowl
Playing out in shopping centres every day is the eternal goal to attract the ultimate commodity – our attention. But...
Mixed purpose: The importance of delivering ‘soul’
Do we rely too much on ‘peak trading times’ – Christmas, Mother’s Day, Easter and so on? Are ‘quiet times’...
Trickle down technology – how major technological advancements transform the everyday retail
This article by Harold Perks, Hames Sharley was first published in SCN’s Little Guns edition, November 2021. Trickle-down technology is...
Woolworths Fishermans Bend: The inner-city village breathing new life into an industrial zone
This article by Harold Perks, Director at Hames Sharley, was first published in SCN – July/August edition Melbourne is consistently...
Accelerating innovation
Nothing accelerates innovation as fast as a significant necessity. As an industry and sector, we are currently working our way...
How the Australian retail landscape has changed for good
At the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in Australia, the news was flooded with hundreds of iconic Australian stores closing...
How architecture & technology can pre-empt the future and crystallise a vision of retail precincts
Technology continues to shape our built environment, but a balance needs to be achieved between hi-tech demands and simple human...
Flying cars and sustainable design – the shopping centre of 2100
In an age of flying cars, food sold in restaurants grown on site, micro-chips implanted in our eyes so we...
How Generation Alpha will shape the shopping centre of the future
Forget the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, even Gen Z – the next shapers of our shopping centres are the...
Holo… is it you we’re looking for?
Suppose you could produce a hologram image of a handbag in mid-air, reach out to it and turn it around...
Auto-pilot automobiles
It’s coming at us faster than a speeding Bugatti Veyron – the era of the autonomous car. In the US,...
Driving sales
Imagine this: you walk into your local retail centre, aiming to pick out an evening gown and shoes, grab a...