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Six ways consumers are changing the world of retail
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Consumer demand is rapidly changing retail
Australians spent $17.3 billion retail in the 12 months to June 2015.*
*NAB Online Retail Sales Index June 2015
This is equivalent to 7.1% of spending at traditional bricks & mortar retailers in the 12 months to May 2015.
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Let’s look at how retailers are responding
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#1 Digital engagement
Consumers expect to be able to shopeverywhere, at any time.
Retailers are responding by offering a seamless ‘omnichannel’ shopping experience.
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#2 Distance is dead
The internet has overcome the tyranny of distance between customers and overseas markets.
Customers expect to be able to purchase products from anywhere in the world, and retailers are making it happen.
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#3 Bargains and margins
Scale through sales is the key for online retailers.
Lower margins mean businesses must increase volume by winning customers. Online stores have to compensate for the instant gratification
of bricks-and-mortar retail with marketing and premium services.
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Most people prefer free standard shipping, but some retailers offer customers more convenience with same
day delivery to metropolitan areas.
#4 Delivery convenience
Receiving parcels is part of the retail experience.
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Better shipping and logistics allows retailers to offer more products and better manage their inventory levels, meaning customers have
more purchase options and face fewer delays.
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#5 Agile supply chains
Businesses are diversifying and globalising.
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Traditional retailers are changing their mix of warehousing, adding more third-party logistics (3PL) warehouses offshore, while keeping
high volume stock closer to the customer.
#6 Warehousing
Downsizing, offshoring, and outsourcing.
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Saving the company $60m*
*SmartCompany, 2015
Case study: Kmart
Kmart turned around its profitability after closing 15 of its local distribution centres.
It stores products offshore and only brings them in when needed.
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Sale
Case study: OzSale
OzSale offers members exclusive and significant discounts on products, beating other retailers on price.
It then uses StarTrack and Australia Post’s unrivalled distribution network to get
products to customers quickly.
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Keep up with with your customers, and they’ll stay with you.
The lesson?
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