September 28, 2026

She Is Not the Person She Is Before She Walks In

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Record crowds filled the MCG while malls fill with people who will not buy. Same instinct, opposite outcomes, and small retailers are the ones paying for it.

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October 25, 2022

{Podcast} Future of Retail

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About Morris Misel Morris Misel is a foresight strategist and keynote speaker based in Melbourne, Australia, whose ideas reach more than a million people each year across five continents. Over 30 years he has delivered 2,800+ keynotes across 160 industries in 25 countries, held a weekly radio segment on Hong Kong Radio 3 for 20 […]

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To survive as a retailer, the only thing you need to do is… / ABC Far North

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I’ve been bombarded with client and media requests in the last few weeks all asking about the Future of Australian Retail and what might happen in a post-Amazon world. First advice, take a deep breath and calm down. Second, think back to the hysteria of 2008 / 2009 when online shopping first hit Australia and […]

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Retail spending changes as we increasingly value the social experience / The New Daily

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on the eve of my heading off overseas to deliver a Future of Retail keynote to one of the world’s largest FMCG brands, David Ross of the New Daily and I caught up to have a look at Australia’s retail scene past, present and future… It’s not news to anyone that Australians love to shop […]

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Amazon Go – but what about the people? / Radio HK3

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I’m going to call this out, just like I did back in 2009 when I curated the Retail Store of the Future exhibition, the future of the routine stuff we buy in stores is going to be automated, mechanised and stuffed full of new tech, because it can and because we want it to – […]

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Online and physical #retailers have finally kissed and made up / Hong Kong Radio 3, ABC Far North, Austereo

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HK3’s Phil Whelan’s comment “everything old is new again” strikes a chord as we catch up for our weekly on air chat, this week to explore why online retail giants like Amazon are experimenting with opening physical bricks and mortar store and it all comes down to maturity and you can’t keep a good topic […]

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