Developers, architects and retailers of homemaker centres in Australia are amongst the best in the world. Recently on the Overseas Study Tour, 40 LFRA members visited and explored Large Format Retail (LFR) sites and homemaker centres across Almhult in Sweden, Copenhagen and London. Tour members spoke
LFRA members heard from Jacqueline Windsor, Partner – Retail Strategy, PwC UK on its recent Overseas Study Tour about global retail trends and how brands adapted to the everchanging customer needs and economic circumstances. Below are some key insights LFRA learnt from Ms Windsor’s presentation. Consumer spending
Unless you’ve worked for IKEA no one has ever seen what really goes on at the global headquarters, and birthplace of IKEA in Älmhult, Sweden. That is until now. For the eighth consecutive year Phil Schoutrop, Director and Principal of Buchan, led the LFRA Overseas Study
Sustainable practices are no longer a business after-thought, but rather a business necessity. Today, customers are more demanding of ethical credentials with a focus on corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Javi Quiñones, Country Retail Manager, IKEA UK & Ireland explained that, “It’s key that businesses not only
On Thursday 28 November, retail industry giants celebrated their achievements at the inaugural Large Format Retail Association (LFRA) Gala Awards dinner at Crown Melbourne. LFRA’s Chief Executive Officer, Philippa Kelly, said: “The Gala Awards dinner was a first for our industry and was a huge success
As one of LFRA’s newest Associate Members, can you tell us a bit about yourself and Knapp Property Group? Knapp Property Group was established in 1976 by Managing Director, John Knapp. We sell, lease and manage property throughout New South Wales and Queensland. I have a
On this year’s LFRA Overseas Study Tour, members were given an exclusive tour of John Lewis & Partners’ flagship store on London’s Oxford Street by Ben Saunders, Manager of Furniture and Seasonal Departments. The flagship store opened in 1864 and is now a five-level 24,000 m2
Today Unwrap speaks with Vanessa Madden, who was the 2019 LFRA Overseas Study Tour scholarship recipient. As the national peak industry association for Australia's Large Format Retail sector, the LFRA seeks to foster and encourage the next generation of sector leaders. The scholarship application process was open
*Image Source: Clover Moore via Twitter The Lord Mayor of New South Wales’ oldest local government authority commends the Large Format Retail Association (LFRA) and its members on their ACCC-approved authorisation to form a national collective buying group to negotiate a better electricity deal. “On behalf of
IKEA’s culture is a movement informed by its values. Their shared values bind over 211,000 co-workers, who live the ideology and take it beyond the workplace. Since it was founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA seeks to achieve their mission “to create a better everyday