Retail

Less than two years ago, Aussie hardware giant Bunnings Warehouse insisted it had no plans to join other major retailers in offering storewide online shopping to its customers.

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The top echelons of Australian shopping centres are defying the retail gloom, producing strong growth sales in the face of an industry-wide slump driven by sluggish department store sales and the collapse of a series of fashion retailers.

Owned by the same family for nearly half a century, a Thomastown pizza shop has been snapped up by an investor.

Bunnings managing director Michael Schneider says the hardware chain will continue to open more physical stores as it looks to connect with commercial and trade customers as well as everyday shoppers.

One of the largest Tasmanian property portfolios in history will be put up for sale next month, at a time when the state’s property market has never been hotter.

Diversified property group Stockland has offloaded two Queensland shopping centres for $143 million as it pushes ahead with plans to sell off about $400 million worth of retail assets.

Forget about dining and entertainment precincts at shopping centres — Australian consumers really want more carparking, and cheaper parking to boot.

It may be a turn of the tide for shoppers who shy away from public toilets.