As the ecommerce retail behemoth Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Ravenhall prepares to open its doors, it is looking for more than 200 people to fill job positions in their distribution centre. The new facility also plans to create about 300 jobs to double its operational footprint in Victoria later this year. The company urges people […]
As Amazon and the eCommerce world at large continue to gather speed worldwide, its impact on the lives of online non-Amazon retailers is getting hard to miss. To dissect this change, eCommerce consultants Chris McCabe and Leah McHugh sat down with Moira Weigel, a faculty associate at the Harvard law school and a researcher at […]
In April, Amazon held a ceremony attended by Victoria’s leaders to mark the beginning of putting up a new $ 1.5 billion office in Melbourne. Melbourne’s Lord Mayor Sally Capp and Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas were present for the ceremony that marked the precinct’s first stage foundations. December 2020 saw Amazon being named as the […]
While the epidemic continued to make 2020 a stormy sea of global recession, individuals such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk saw their wealth soaring higher. And until January this year, Bezos had occupied the number one position for more than three years. According to Forbes, Jeff Bezos is still the world’s richest person, with a […]
Australian consumers’ obsession with online shopping shows no sign of slowing down, and Amazon Australia is taking advantage of this upward trend. Since its launch in December 2017, Amazon.com.au has continued to grow at rates that can only be described as breathtaking. Morningstar Equity Research analysts predict that this e-commerce behemoth will dominate over a […]
For several years now, most retail markets in the world, and Australia is no exception, have been experiencing shortages in logistic capacity. Getting space near population centres can prove to be a headache. Prologis predicts that the next a half a decade may witness a 13 million sq. m. shortage in industrial real estate supply. […]
We’re experiencing a time when brands need to adjust to consumer needs constantly. And if your business has the resources to support decisions and expenses, you stand to gain a competitive edge. Apart from forecasting demands and allocating resources, a business must figure out the best large-scale data collection means. Furthermore, they need to respond […]
Since about 2011 there has been a steady stream of investors abandoning the traditional concept of the shopping mall. Changes in consumer shopping habits has meant that Shopping Centres (or Malls in USA parlance), once suburban lifestyle’s epicentre, are transforming slowly due to specialty retail bankruptcies. And COVID-19 has sped everything up. As lockdowns impose […]
You’d have to have been living on Mars not to notice in the last few years the cultural shift towards Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) awareness. As more people, activists, and organizations continue to be environmentally responsible, what is Amazon doing to maintain an image of a company that values mother earth.? Well possibly more […]
5 Direct-to-Consumer Trends to Watch in 2021 Like many other industries, the retail arena has gone through stormy weather due to Covid-19. Many retailers had to furlough employees, close stores, and embrace new strategies on the fly to take advantage of increased ecommerce demands. But Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands were well placed to weather the disruptions […]