Why is retail precinct activation needed?
This article is a slightly amended transcript of the first YouTube video I put up. If you prefer to watch rather than read, go here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_YNyLn4G0g (video length ~12 minutes)…
Does anyone care that high streets and main streets are slowly dying around the world?
FYI I’ve been wrangling with this article for weeks. It’s because it means talking about the elephant in the room.
Here’s the thing… I’ve been working on the premise that everyone wants to ‘save’ high streets and main streets and get them back to when they were ‘thriving’. (more…)
Parking
Is easy parking the key to more shoppers? Last Friday (15th September) was Park(ing) Day. As the website explains, “Park(ing) day is a global, public, participatory project where people across…
A brief chat with GPT
Yesterday I had a very quick chat with ChatGPT, the new conversational artificial intelligence developed by OpenAI. I asked "What can we do to activate old main street retail locations?"…
Air conditioning
Let's talk about air conditioning. Here in Queensland (south east corner), for about 3 weeks a year life can be pretty tough without it. During the day everybody heads to…
How major shopping centres outcompete smaller retail strips and main street/high street precincts (…and what to do about it)
If you were to stop someone when they're out shopping and ask them why they shop there, you'd probably get a blank look! If you dig deeper, it generally comes…
Are you a retailer in a (smaller) shopping centre?
You should work with your fellow retailers to get people to 'BIE' (or why smaller shopping centres, high street type shopping areas and suburban precincts need to take a leaf…