Travellers on this year’s LFRA Overseas Study Tour got a glimpse into the future observing trends in retail across European countries Sweden, Denmark and the UK. Insights were gained into the latest new and refurbished retail offers as participants investigated leading retail design trends in
Neil Wynn-Jones, Senior International Trade Adviser, from the UK Department for International Trade, told the LFRA tour “Retail is not dying, it is evolving”. Pop-Up and Prop Up Over recent years vacancies have been climbing as retailers face high rents and testing economic conditions. Landlords and agents
With more than 100 LFRA members on two coaches, courtesy of Tomkins and CBRE, this year’s domestic study tour was the first of its kind and to be involved was exciting. It is a new initiative where members can showcase their Large Format Retail stores and
Development of Spotlight Group’s latest 30,000sqm retail and commercial centre at Bennetts Green, 14 kilometres south-west of Newcastle in NSW, is set to generate 825 full-time-equivalent jobs during construction and more than 600 full-time jobs once open in 2020. To celebrate the beginning of its construction,
A milestone in the Large Format Retail Association (LFRA) led journey to create the first nation-wide collective bargaining and joint purchasing arrangement for energy was reached on Friday 20th September 2019. The ACCC issued a draft determination proposing to authorise members of the LFRA to jointly
The retail industry has experienced its share of the spotlight with Fair Work Ombudsman prosecutions for breaches of workplace laws where retail workers have been short-changed on wages, loadings, shift and weekend penalties. Readiness to confront the next gauntlet comes in the form of a labour
Richard O'Brien, LFRA Alternate Director and General Manager, Property, Spotlight Retail Group
Philip Waterworth, LFRA Director and Group General Manager, Property, JB HI-FI/ The Good Guys Phil is the Group General Manager – Property for the JB Hi-Fi Group, managing the end-to-end property network for JB Hi-Fi Australia, JB Hi-Fi New Zealand and The Good Guys. Phil has
Chris Welsford, Group General Manager, Store Development, JB Hi Fi/ The Good Guys Chris joined JB Hi-Fi December 2007 as a National Development Manager and as a result of the 2016 Good Guys acquisition, was appointed Group Procurement Manager. Currently, Chris holds the position of Group
Alex Capra, National Transaction Manager, Harvey Norman Alex is currently employed as National Transactions Manager at Harvey Norman Holding, responsible for all new freehold and leasehold Property transactions the company enters into. Alex is a dedicated, long term employee of Harvey Norman and has been active