Amazon in Australia might not be the end of retail as we know it

By Dr Gary Mortimer is associate professor in marketing and international business at QUT Business School After months of teasing, Amazon will reportedly “greatly expand” its online offer in Australia over the next year. The move has been predicted to “decimate retailing as we know it”, but the sky will not fall in. Our shopping centres won’t close and retail will survive. Amazon has not committed to opening physical stores in Australia, and it recently announced a temporary hold to

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