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This ‘From the Publisher’ article by Michael Lloyd was first published in SCN Vol. 39 no. 3, July 2021 Pacific...
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From the Publisher – March 2021
What a difference! A Big Guns issue without any rankings. Just over one year ago, that was, quite simply, inconceivable....
From the Publisher, November 2020
A COVID-19 vaccine is on the way. Nothing is absolutely sure as we go to press but the reports are...
From the Publisher – September 2020
One of the problems with ‘public opinion’ is that often the public doesn’t have sufficient knowledge to form one! ‘Percentage...
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The world is waiting for the ‘new normal’ since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In itself, it’s an acceptance...
VALE Jack Mundey 1929 – 2020
SCN’s publisher was fortunate to be a friend of the late Jack Mundey. In the true sense of the word,...
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It’s Big Guns time again – how the time flies! Last year was a tough one for retail. It’s not...
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Not often we feature a retailer in our cover story; we’ve done it before, but only when that retailer has...
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Another great issue and running through it all – ‘community’. There are still some sceptics out there; I know because...
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I always like the CBD Guns issue because the contributions from our writers are always so engaging. Check out Louise...
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Big Guns issue; always an interesting time. Almost without exception, the CEOs, in the CEO Outlook remark on the resilience of...
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I’m writing from China, a country where I spend five to six months a year. The country’s ’11.11’ day is...
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At SCN, we’ve had a period of ‘community’ since our last issue. We spent time with SCA Property Group –...
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This edition’s Cover Story features AMP’s Bayfair Shopping Centre in the City of Tauranga, New Zealand. I went over there...
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We’ve had a lot happening at SCN since our last issue… The major event of our year – the Big...
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We recently spent a day at the tennis as a guest of MasterCard and saw the young Korean, Chung, beat...
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Christmas has moved from the horizon and is now in full sight. We usually make predictions, and most of the...
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The fact that retail sales across Australia were ‘flat’ is a statistic. As a statistic, it’s undoubtedly true, but the...
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Copious amounts of editorial we receive are written about the internet, e-commerce, Amazon, bricks-and-mortar versus online shopping et al! ...
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Throughout this issue, in articles from Fast Food to Design, from Leasing to Legal, from Marketing to Trends and everything...
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Big Guns time again; how the year flies by! It’s also ‘CEO Outlook’ time again. There’s talk this year of...
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What an eventful period since the last issue! The SCCA held two major events using Sydney’s Westin Hotel Ballroom. First...
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There's been a lot going on during the last month! First it was the official opening of Pacific Fair, which...
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Two columns in this edition have prompted these following thoughts. The first is by Angus Nardi of the SCCA in...
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This issue deals with CBD retail and the DEXUS initiative in forming a specialised CBD retail team to regenerate shopping...
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Big Guns time again. The short story is that the Big Guns are doing well; we’ve seen some really solid...
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We’re online! This opens up a whole new world for us. We at SCN love the print media; we’ll never...
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I’ve just returned from China where I spoke at two conventions: the ICSC in Beijing and the annual major Mall...