Interest Rates Drop, Legacy Brands Crumble & Google AI Crashes the Ecommerce Party
Mal’s back from Singapore and just in time to break down one of the juiciest weeks in retail. With the RBA announcing a second interest rate cut for 2025, you might be tempted to pop some bubbly—but h...
21 Mai 202522min
Tariffs Tumble, SurfStitch Sinks & Asia Eyes Aussie Brands
Reporting from the floor of eTail Asia in Singapore, Mal brings a fast-paced episode packed with big headlines and even bigger opportunities. With Trump scaling back tariffs, Aussie exporters breathe ...
15 Mai 202517min
Election Wash-Up, Meta’s Infinite Creative & Apple’s Tariff Trouble
This week, Mal recaps the political mood post-election and what it really means for ecommerce (spoiler: not much), before diving headfirst into a tidal wave of AI drama, market shifts, and unexpected ...
6 Mai 202521min
Brand Love in a Tariff World: Why Customers Still Pay More for You
This week, Mal covers everything from nostalgic sneakers to AI creativity—and why some brands are thriving while others are tanking. Crocs and Adidas are tapping into comfort, culture, and collabs to ...
29 Apr 202518min
Binge or Bust: Why Old Ad Strategies Won’t Cut It in 2025
This week, Mal's digging into three major forces shaking up ecommerce—from international tariffs turning up the heat on cheap imports, to Australia's federal election falling flat for retail, and why ...
22 Apr 202521min
Prada's Versace Acquisition, Ghost Stores, and the AI Retail Revolution
This week on This Week in Ecommerce, Mal Chia is (finally) not talking about tariffs—but don’t worry, there’s plenty of retail chaos to go around. In a packed episode, Mal unpacks three of the biggest...
15 Apr 202520min
Trump's Tariff Tantrum, Cue's Acquisition and Studio Ghibli's AI Moment
This week, Mal Chia returns—again—to unpack the whirlwind of changes shaking up global retail. After re-recording (twice!) to keep pace with the ever-evolving tariff drama, Mal breaks down the seismic...
10 Apr 202522min
Collapse, Comeback, Chaos: Jeanswest, Nike & the Signal Debacle
Book a strategy callIn this jam-packed episode, Mal tackles the latest headlines shaking up Australian retail and beyond. From the second collapse of Jeans West to Nike’s bold new strategy to revive i...
1 Apr 202529min
