The holiday season is fast approaching, and with it comes a flurry of questions about what will shape the 2023 holiday trading landscape in Australia. In response, CPM-Retail Safari is excited to announce the release of its highly anticipated 8th edition of the Christmas Shopping Intentions Survey, designed to offer invaluable insights into the shopping […]
Retail Trends
2022 Christmas Shopping Intentions Outlook
As we approach the 2022 Christmas shopping season, questions around purchasing behaviour changes in a post-COVID world abound. What’s different this year? What are the enduring changes? What’s reverting back to pre-pandemic norms? Findings from our 7th annual Christmas Shopping Intentions survey explore these questions and more. Our annual report: “Christmas Shopping Intentions – What […]
Unboxing consumer shopping trends for Christmas 2021
2020 saw unprecedented disruptions to shopping and consumption patterns. For Christmas, Australians found new ways to find and buy gifts for loved ones by embracing online shopping to keep the spirit of the season alive. As we approach Christmas 2021 with the same challenges for retailers from COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, questions around what this […]
Online Shopping Made Human: Virtual Product Advisors
With COVID-induced limitations around shopping, most Australians have become comfortable with the concept of moving seamlessly between physical and online channels for their shopping experience. Retail has responded by blurring the lines between physical and online stores, so they are not viewed in isolation anymore – the hybridisation of retail. This looks to be a […]
Winning the e-commerce race: Maximising product ‘findability’
A significant change in the retail landscape brought on by pandemic – one that seems here to stay – is the shift in shopper behaviour around their favoured channels for shopping. The proportion of shoppers using only a single channel for their shopping – either physical stores or online – has decreased, with a corresponding […]
2020 Christmas Commerce: Consumer Outlook and COVID-19 Impacts
As we approach the 2020 Christmas shopping season, questions around the impacts of COVID-19 on shopper behaviour abound. What will be the same as 2019? What will be different? What do we, as retailers, marketers and brands, need to be thinking about as we enter into the most important retail season of the year? To […]
