The Australian retail market is still volatile, with vitamins makers having to grapple with lukewarm consumer sentiment from local buyers and the sharp fluctuations in the buying patterns of daigou traders selling vitamins online in China.
With demand for organics outstripping supply by 40 %,
the Australian retail market for certified organic products is also expected to continue on this growth path with private label products, certified organic processed foods and greater affordability driving this trajectory.
That was why building more presence as a brand in
the Australian retail market was one of the key planks in the growth strategy.
Blackmores revealed in February that conditions in
the Australian retail market were getting tougher and that it had bumped up its own investment in China and spent more on expanding its in - country presence in China.
But first it needs to build the brand's presence in
the Australian retail market, which is why it has struck a deal with the 150 - store Chemsave pharmacy chain to have the brand and other products including Medigum Honey on the shelves of Chemsave stores and through its online channels.
Not exact matches
Western
Australian retailers have a positive view of business conditions in the year ahead, according to a recent survey by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, with one third expecting an improved
market in the 2018 financial year.
Gains in oil and base metals prices have helped push the
Australian share
market higher, which is getting support from the energy, mining, and
retail sectors.
Global clothing giant H&M is set to enter the Western
Australian market after months of rumour and innuendo, with the
retailer understood to be about to sign a lease to move into the GPO Building
The
Australian share
market is modestly higher as gains by the energy sector offsets modest falls across the healthcare and the
retail sectors.
These steps include: efforts to simplify prospectus requirements for
retail vanilla bonds and ease the personal liability of company directors; improving
market transparency through the RBA's publication of new measures of corporate bond yields; the lengthening of the government bond curve; and the listing of certain fixed - income securities on the
Australian Securities Exchange.
In contrast to the surge in
retail sales in June, households tended to delay their purchases of motor vehicles until after 30 June when the price of cars was expected to fall and a number of new models were launched on the
Australian market.
This fall in spreads was largely a result of the increase in
Australian dollar issuance by non-
Australian borrowers into the Japanese
retail market (the uridashi
market) which boosted demand to receive an
Australian dollar interest rate under cross-currency swap agreements.
This was only about half the size of issues in the previous quarter, reflecting a considerable lessening of demand for
Australian dollar paper by the Japanese
retail market.
In Australia, local
retailers have been told by Amazon to prepare to take orders starting on November 23, when the US e-commerce giant goes live in the
Australian market.
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The expo, organised by well - known Chinese company «eCommerce China», was aimed at match - making
Australian retailers to Chinese daigous and while it wasn't a direct selling event, many daigous placed orders with exhibiting
Australian brands including UGG boots and Comvita while
marketing their products instantly on Chinese social media WeChat.
Some popular infant formula brands have struggled to keep their products on
Australian supermarket shelves as more and more tins of the product are being bought from local
retailers and onsold to Chinese parents via the grey
market.
Deloitte's Mr Harvey said during the past few years rival wine companies such as Argentina and Chile had made strong gains in the key US and UK
markets at the expense of
Australian producers because their own currencies were so weak and their bottled wine prices were extremely competitive on the shelves of liquor
retailers in the US and Europe.
In a recent
market announcement, the company quoted the
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in its interim report into the dairy industry last November, saying: «Wholesale and
retail non-organic milk prices have been declining in real terms since the industry was deregulated in 2000.
The report warns that
Australian retailers could lose
market share to foreign ones if they continue to establish a local presence.
In the UK off - trade
retail market Australian sales increased by 2 % in value in 2017, maintaining the nation's long - held number one position in the UK
retail market according to
market data analysts, Nielsen.
Deloitte's national
retail leader, David White, said it would be a pivotal year for
Australian retailers as new players - including those outside the top 250 - entered the
market and Amazon expanded its local offer.
The
Australian Organic
Market Report has tracked trends in the Australian organic marketplace since 2007, showing the progressive growth of market segments from farm-gate values to retail and e
Market Report has tracked trends in the
Australian organic marketplace since 2007, showing the progressive growth of
market segments from farm-gate values to retail and e
market segments from farm-gate values to
retail and export.
«Have your say» Claims any policy that would increase
market share and trading hours would be detrimental to small
retail business and all independent
Australian retailers.
Retailers can get involved for FREE and have access to all
Australian Organic Awareness Month
marketing collateral.
Australian Organic was invited to give presentations to delegates about consumer trends based on the findings in the
Australian Organic
Market Report and I had the opportunity to explain the benefits of organic certification for
retailers.
Noting the investigation by the
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission into supermarkets» powers, he will point out that while the big
retailers» alleged actions may not be breaking competition laws, «this does not mean that the status quo is necessarily delivering the most efficient or optimal outcomes in the
market.»
According to Bain and Co analysis, Amazon's
Australian site launched with about 7.5 million SKUs (stock - keeping units), which far exceeds the number on most
Australian retailers» e-commerce sites but is well short of the 500 - million SKUs in
markets such as the US.
Australian Certified Organic has the most recognised logo in the
market place, so you can trust that we are communicating everyday with producers, processors, wholesalers,
retailers and consumers.
The service will come at a cost to Woolworths, mainly in extra labour, but will help the
retailer defend its
market share against Amazon, which is expected to launch its
Australian retail operations before Christmas.
Over the last 30 years we have seen an ever - increasing concentration in the
Australian supermarket sector, where the
market share of our two largest
retailers has increased from around 30 per cent of the
market to where it stands today at around 80 per cent, leaving Australia with one of the most concentrated
markets in world economic history outside that of former Eastern Bloc countries.
The surprisingly diminutive Magnum packs (H — 160 mm, W — 85 mm, L — 153 mm), will sit alongside the brands» glass equivalent on
retail shelves and in the fridge — a first for the
Australian market.
The emergence of a supermarket duopoly in the 1970s which now controls 70 - 80 % of the
Australian retail food
market, so that many producers are locked into a «price - taker» relationship
Australian retailers with larger
market shares are the least forgiving of quality errors like mislabelling and poor product packaging.
Over 1.5 million
Australian grocery buyers (14 +) purchase fruit and vegetables from a
market or stall during an average week — but even the majority of these locally and organically minded, anti-GM, farmer - friendly shoppers take their totes to a supermarket's produce section too, new
retail data from Roy Morgan Research shows.
In the
Australian retail sector, it is new entrants to the
market like ALDI — which is used to meeting European standards and community expectation — that are driving innovation, from putting doors on fridges to reduce energy waste, to being the first
Australian organisation to introduce carbon reduction labelling,» he says.
Coles is thinly slicing off an ever bigger share of the $ 4.7 b annual
Australian delicatessen
market, but Woolworths remains Australia's number one
retailer for fine food delicacies, the latest
retail data from Roy Morgan shows.
FreshPlaza:
Australian melon growers are buoyed by support from
retailers, consumers and export
markets.
The challenge It took several years from Retailquip, K. Hartwall's distributor in Australia, to develop and gain
market acceptance with
Australian retailers and vendors.
But AAA has released results from the first 10 vehicles tested ahead of two government reviews, the Ministerial Forum on Vehicle Emissions and the
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's
market study of the new - car -
retailing industry.
Having
retailed 10,093 cars in September, for a 10.7 per cent
market share, Mazda has become the first full - line importer in
Australian automotive history to break the 10,000 mark in a month.
But the overall theme of the report was that
Australian book sellers and publishers would need to take steps to counteract the consumers» online and foreign
market purchasing, a running theme in the U.S., where the loss of Borders has been blamed almost entirely on the online
retail booksellers and consumers» switch to digital.
Just the network charges and the
retailer charges alone add up to more than 19c / kWh, according to estimates by the
Australian energy
market commissioner.
In Australia, local
retailers have been told by Amazon to prepare to take orders starting on November 23, when the US e-commerce giant goes live in the
Australian market.
As a result of those concerns, in addition to the overall
market anxiety in the wake of the unraveling of
Australian listed property trust Centro Properties Group, the company has seen its
market value dwindle in concert with the rest of the
retail REIT sector.