Large Format Retail (LFR) has been one of the big winners in the commercial sector. Although largely shut off from the rest of the country during this period and dubbed the ‘hermit kingdom’, the Western Australian Large Format Retail market is developing. With limited travel, an increase
After a blockbuster start to 2022 as homeowners continued their focus on beautifying their abodes, Sleeping Giant and James Lane’s newest refresh project has become hot property. Sleeping Giant is an industry stalwart with a market presence spanning over 40 years and 24 stores across the
Brick and mortar store is evincing a protean ability to creatively adapt. It is reconstituting itself in response to new consumer modes, needs, and desires. Thus we are seeing retail establishments recast themselves as community hubs made for lingering— social “third places” that mediate between home
PETstock is a 100% Australian, family-owned and operated business built on humble beginnings in regional Victoria. The company was born in 2002, 11 years after the Young family took ownership of Ballarat Produce in 1991. Brothers David and Shane Young have built the PETstock business on family
As one of the LFRA’s newest Associate Members, who is PaidRight and what products do you offer? PaidRight is an independent employee pay compliance platform that provides retailers with the ability to monitor variances in their payroll by delivering insights and visibility into their own payroll
Tradies and commercial customers have been loyal supporters of Beacon Lighting for a long time. Beacon Lighting’s new channel: Beacon Trade was launched as the company identified an opportunity to better support this customer group, enabling Beacon to future-proof the business, adding an additional stream to
Sprint Auto Parts started in Adelaide in 1984 and since then it has been a prominent brand in the local automotive spare parts scene. Sprint Auto Parts is now taking the next step in its evolution by joining Australia’s largest independent automotive retail and spare parts
The Officeworks Restoring Australia initiative has an ambitious goal to plant two million trees across Australia by 2025. Launched in 2017, in partnership with Greening Australia, the initiative plants two trees for every one used, based on the weight of paper-based products customers purchase at Officeworks. The
Kitchen Warehouse has launched its new brand direction in celebration of flavour, delicious cocktails and canapes, good times with friends and family celebrations. The new brand direction asks people to “Cook your heart out” and is led by a 15” and 30” TVC, 30” radio commercials,
IKEA Australia is set to open new customer meeting points in Australia called Planning Studios in 2022. The first IKEA Planning Studio will open in Northwest Melbourne before the end of the year, with an additional location looking to be secured in Newcastle, which will be