LeaseWise News
Jeanswest gone South………………
We were all informed yesterday that clothing retailer Jeanswest has entered voluntary administration, due to the difficult trading conditions facing the clothing retail market in Australia. LeaseWise have been voicing that the market cannot sustain the amount of retail we have with all of the disruption coming from online competition, occupancy costs, retail saturation, wage…
Read more...Harris Scarfe falls on its own sword for a chance of a brighter future!
What to make of the Harris Scarfe collapse? And is Allegro Funds the victim or the villain? Here’s what we know: the Sydney-based private equity firm took effective control of the troubled Harris Scarfe, along with the Best & Less and Postie chains, on December 2. Just nine days later, Allegro Funds called in Deloitte Restructuring Services…
Read more...Stripping Back Retail
A flickering retail pulse and spiralling vacancy rates spell dangerous times ahead for the classic retail strip store. But is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Not so long ago, Chapel St. and Bridge Rd. were icons of the independent Retail Leasing Agents in Melbourne, but recent years have seen a huge…
Read more...The Irrelevance of Occupancy Cost
Occupancy Cost = Gross Rent/Turnover x 100 Anybody who’s spent any time around the leasing side of retail knows the equation. Invented sometime after the wheel, but somewhat before AirPods, it’s become a cornerstone of retail lease negotiation. The wheel has undergone little change and yet, for now, remains relevant (when will we get those…
Read more...Kathmandu to acquire Rip Curl
From its humble beginnings in a shed in Torquay back in 1969, Rip Curl has established itself as one of the premier surfing companies in the world. Having already established itself as a force in Australia, sponsoring some of the world’s best surfers over the past few decades has allowed Rip Curl to expand across…
Read more...The Death of the Department?
If NAB forecast are to be believed (as opposed to a slightly more optimistic outlook from the Commonwealth) physical retail in Australia is on the brink of recession. While it’s obvious to most that retail, and indeed, the economy in general are struggling, how much of this is due to the entire sector struggling, and…
Read more...The Retail Outlook & Crystal Ball Gazing
Each month sees roughly $27 billion flow through retail sales. A fair proportion of this slides through the fingers of two of Australia’s biggest banks; the NAB and the CBA. Understandably, then, retailers and economic forecasters often turn to these two (amongst others) for an indication of what the future holds. To do so this…
Read more...Rental Reset Looms for Retail Industry
For 2 years now, Leasewise have been warning of the need for a reduction in rent. If a recent JLL survey of Centre Managers is to be believed, one may be on the cards soon. 47% of Centre Managers interviewed expect rents to decline over the next 12 months. In particular, the lack of confidence…
Read more...LEASEWISE MARKET UPDATE | EOFY 2019
Well, well, well. We’ve reached the end of the financial year for 2019 and what a year it has been! In a word? Volatile. ‘Reshaping,’ -as the industry likes to call it- climbed 6% while New Sites fell by 10% compared to the first half of the financial year. Sounds rather gloomy, no? What the stats…
Read more...Retail Lease Negotiation: A Beginner’s Guide
Retail lease negotiation is rarely an enjoyable process. Even the sentence is boring. Unfortunately for retailers, it is an uncomfortable but necessary part of every business. If you don’t get it right, it can have a huge snowball effect on your business. Here at Leasewise, we have over 20 years of retail leasing experience and…
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