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Shopping centres take action to combat online retailers

The Conversation
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As online shopping threatens bricks and mortar premies, landlords and retailers in some Australian cities are collaborating on new ideas to maintain foot traffic

Two Australian academics Jason Pallant and Sean Sands take a look at strategies being used by bricks and mortar retailers in response to online shopping

Even before the arrival of Amazon, online shopping is devastating Australian retail. In the past year, sales in physical stores grew only 3 per cent w