Today Unwrap speaks with Matt Spencer, CEO and Managing Director of Baby Bunting. Baby Bunting was awarded Large Format Retailer of the Year at the LFRA inaugural Gala Awards. This award recognises a Retail member who has demonstrated customer engagement, increased market share and innovation in the Large
2021 is shaping to be an epic year for Bunnings with the popular hardware chain recently opening two new stores in Victoria, and one just granted planning approval in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Frenchs Forest, NSW The massive five-storey Bunnings Frenchs Forest will span over 20,000 square metres
Customers can make a positive difference to the planet when shopping at Officeworks, thanks to the introduction of Greener Choices. Greener Choices is a new guide to help shoppers identify the more sustainable products in-store or online. With more than 800 products available in the range, customers
Spotlight Group has provided Unwrap a glimpse of its $250m mixed-use site in Maroochydore, which is often referred to as “the beating heart” of the Sunshine Coast. The first stage of the Maroochydore development, valued at $45m, will generate more than 230 FTE jobs during construction
Melbourne-based print and communication specialists Complete Colour is a 29-year-old business built on strong foundations. Managing Director Tim Michaelides started the business in June 1992 servicing clients by day and operating the presses at night. The business grew as a result of excellent customer service, hard
Rebranding is a big task but provides the opportunity for big impact. The rebrand process starts with strategy, re-aligning values and goals, repositioning the brand, considering impacts on the existing community and building appeal to a new audience. Brand evolutions help to re-excite, injecting a future focus
Today the Large Format Retail Association (LFRA) elected three new Directors with immense corporate experience: Jan Gardberg, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA Australia; Richard Champion, General Manager - Property, Amart Furniture; and Sam Pinchbeck, General Manager - Property and Store Development, Super
Freedom, the iconic Australian furniture and homewares retailer, has changed, ushered in a retail, brand and product renaissance with an emphasis on championing Australian design. Freedom CEO Blaine Callard calls the transformation “a roadmap for change.” “Much of the furniture sold in Australia is not designed here,
Queensland developer De Luca Corporation secured a 2 hectare site from Maddison Ridge at Plainland in which they are developing a new Bunnings Warehouse. Bunnings has entered a 10 year lease on the Plainland site, where construction began in early October 2020. The new store is
Beacon Lighting has recently opened its newest store in Belmont, Western Australia just in time for Christmas. The 796m2 site offers customers the full range of products and the largest Beacon Design Studio in the country. CEO Glen Robinson exclusively told Unwrap that “We wanted to make