Rents to rise in 2014? Can they be serious? In this week’s Inside Retail PREMIUM property analysts are predicting a spike in retail rents, but Jared Dickson looks at the fortunes of some of our best retailers to try and find the justification.

Speaking of key retailers, there’s a few in the furniture category who are also not faring too well – we tell you who, and why.

What exactly is a pita? It’s a concept that apparently has Aussies stumped, but that’s not stopping the rollout of a new chain. Something that could stop the rollout of a successful chain though is unhappy local residents, as one of Brett Blundy’s brands is finding out the hard way.

There’s been plenty of naysayers slamming Aussie online retailers for their lack of pace, creativity, and connection, but Experian’s Dave Audley provides evidence that we’re on the improve. Still on the subject of e-commerce, could we be closer to a solution on the LVIT?

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