@QUT Professor of Retail Marketing and Consumer Behaviour | Media Commentator & Industry Speaker | Independent Director
Joined October 2011
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RT @abcnews: #BREAKING: Barbeques Galore will wind up in the coming weeks, with hundreds of workers facing redundancy. t.co/7VIkTqmβ¦
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#Uber vs #Taxi in a 10 second video.
Sydney Airport. 14 taxis sitting available... within 5 metres, almost 40 passengers waiting for a #RideShare.
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Professor Gary Mortimer πππ retweeted
Small stores, local produce and the return of the personal shopping assistant: supermarkets are starting to look like they did in the 1800s. @ProfRetail @planographer @QUT @uwanews theconversation.com/supermarβ¦
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It's #Kmart but not as you know it!
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@7NewsMelbourne #retail
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#Breaking. Published this morning.
Prediction: Aussie #supermarkets - smaller, AI-driven purchases, robotic picking, humans become the point of difference.
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@10NewsAU @9NewsAUS
@YahooNewsAU @GuardianAus
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Hey @Qantas ... flight attendant 'Jon' (aka 'Jonnie') on QF618 this afternoon is fabulous π... exceptional, enthusiastic and engaging customer service.
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Judge found price increases WERE NOT 'artificial', resulting from supplier requests, but 13 shelf tickets may had mislead customers. #Coles relaxed a pricing policy in 2022 due to competitive pressures.
May 14
The competition regulator has won a landmark case against Coles, with the Federal Court concluding the supermarket giant misled shoppers over its discounts.
Read more here:
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Huge storms barrelling through the northern Gold Coast right now.
@10NewsQLD @9NewsQueensland @7NewsBrisbane @NewsTalk4BC #ANZAC #AnzacDay #Storms
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We have all seen lots of social media posts about the soaring prices of Easter Eggs this year.
So, why are prices so high?
#Easter #EasterEggs #supermarket #grocery #retail #prices #chocolate
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Corporate heavyweights have been put on notice by the ACCC which has announced a sweeping crackdown on misleading and manipulative businesses. Supermarkets and online retailers from China are the target as the competition watchdog looks to restore consumer trust. @Georgia3Holland
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BREAKING NEWS!
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct while in public office.
LIKELY Epstein related...
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Feb 19
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c70kjr9wβ¦
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Oh, #Bali π’ I came here 4 years ago as borders reopened post-COVID. Pristine beaches. Fast forward 4 years, unrelenting tourism has created this.
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Devastating. Barbeques Galore has been place into Voluntary Administration. 500 jobs are risk, understandable gift card values cut.
#BBQGalore #BarbequesGalore #franchise
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It's incumbent on #retailers to not only keep workers safe, but also customers, and also protect their inventory from theft... they should be looking high-tech, innovative technology, computer vision [and] AI systems.
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π¨#BREAKING: Reuters reports that U.S. ground forces and United States Air Force assets are currently on the ground and active in and around Caracas, Venezuela. Multiple explosions have been reported and observed across the capital as operations continue.
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22 Dec 2025
A new survey of 1,002 #Australians from Pureprofile found households will spend, on average, $506 on festive food this year β up from $406 in 2024.
#Christmas2025 #Xmas
#Grocery #Food
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22 Dec 2025
... 22nd December... and so it begins #BoxingDaySales
#retail #BoxingDay @9NewsAUS @7NewsAustralia @TheTodayShow @sunriseon7
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14 Dec 2025
14 Dec 2025
Police have launched Operation Percentile targeting retail crime during the Christmas shopping season, charging 50 people with over 100 offences in just two days.
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