Dan Murphy’s has localised its offer, looking to cash in on some of Sydney’s cashed up residents with a new upmarket store concept.

The state of the fashion industry looks to be on the up as well, with Jared Dickson taking a look at the increase in business acquisitions.

Speaking of acquisitions, Woolworths’ purchase of David Jones is in jeopardy thanks to a very secretive Solomon Lew – what are his motives and are they honorable?

In a quirky twist on the trendy cafe culture, a Melbourne cafe is courting cats, while a Perth bookseller is bucking the industry trend to expand its store footprint.

In other news, Target has begun work on its turnaround strategy, and a fashion retailer laments the fast fashion mentality pervading today’s shoppers.

In his exclusive Inside Retail PREMIUM monthly column, shopping centre guru, Michael Baker, discusses our dying strips, and over in New York, Jon Bird examines the success of membership driven retailer, Costco.