Melbourne retail
‘Temu in real life’: Panda Mart calls security as huge crowd swamps ultra-cheap retailer
The new discount retailer has had its shelves stripped bare by shoppers who tried to force their way into its big-box store.
- Jessica Yun and Gemma Grant
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Big Gun malls roar back to life, generating huge sales
Melbourne Central mall has roared back to life as shoppers flock to its Monopoly Dreams store, students meet to hang out and commuters come for lunch.
- Carolyn Cummins
Crowds swap Bourke St for online shopping on Boxing Day as retailers expect to rake in billions
Only a few hundred shoppers queued outside Myer and David Jones in Melbourne’s CBD before opening, but retailers are hoping for a rise in Boxing Day sales profits.
- Lachlan Abbott
The exact day the music died on St Kilda’s Acland Street
One change created a dead end and a perception of nefarious behaviour in Melbourne’s once-vibrant playground that is worse than the reality.
- Wendy Tuohy
The Melbourne shopping strip where one in four stores is empty
Despite a fall in vacancy rates across the city, agents say the upheaval of the pandemic wreaked havoc on some of Melbourne’s main strips.
- Millie Muroi
South Melbourne traders warn of changing market into ‘another Chadstone’
Traders at South Melbourne Market have accused Port Phillip Council of trying to turn the market into another Chadstone Shopping Centre by hiking fees and demanding expensive stall fitouts.
- Cara Waters
Retail gets Boxing Day boost, though pre-dawn queues are out of fashion
Shoppers are expecting to set spending records this Boxing Day despite rising coronavirus case numbers.
- Benjamin Preiss
What’s open and where are the best sales? Your Melbourne Boxing Day shopping guide
Got some Christmas cash or vouchers burning a hole in your pocket? Or perhaps you just love grabbing a bargain. Either way, let us help you plan for the Boxing Day sales.
- Brittany Carlson
How fashion is set to reinvigorate Melbourne’s CBD and get you shopping again
Melbourne Fashion Week will stage runways at MCG’s underground car park, the Sea Life Aquarium, and the Regent Theatre in an effort to get shoppers offline and in stores.
- Damien Woolnough
As it happened: Melbourne retailers, cinemas, gyms throw open doors as restrictions ease
Shops are welcoming back customers and Melburnians can again head to the regions.
- Cassandra Morgan
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