The ATO Is Quietly Killing Your Favourite Brands
End of financial year is done and — despite the sale noise — the market actually went backwards in real terms, with Roy Morgan tipping EOFY growth of just 1.9%, under CPI. Mal's on the road in Sydney ...
1 Juli 20min
Google Agentic Commerce, ChatGPT Ads & the Death of Pure DTC
Alex is back from the dead, Mal's discovered the Riverside sound-effects board, and the World Cup has well and truly taken over the Cheer household — but underneath the banter this is a big one. It's ...
23 Juni 28min
One-Click Cancel, Greenwashed Burgers & Elon's Trillion
Solo show from a gate at Sydney Airport — Alex is out sick, and the week didn't slow down to match. Regulation, reputation and the biggest float in history, all at once.🎟️ Online Retailer 2026 — 50 l...
19 Juni 10min
The Scarcity Trap: Why Hype Brands Keep Going Broke
EOFY is in full swing, Mal's recording from yet another airport — Perth this time, en route to a Singapore keynote — and the retail news is ramping as fast as the sales calendar. This week is a tale o...
12 Juni 17min
Two retail failures, one Kogan win, and the death of the click
The week the funnel finally collapsed. New data shows that when Google serves an AI Overview, only 1% of users click through — down from 15–20% on a standard SERP. People are discovering brands on Cha...
3 Juni 21min
GYG retreats, Alo invades, and Amazon goes full agentic
The week the market said "thanks for staying focused." Guzman & Gomez quietly closed its eight Chicago stores and the share price jumped 20%. Skin Candy pulled off the first properly successful retail...
27 Maj 22min
Coles Down Down, Birkenstock Nail Polish & Temple & Webster's 30% Miss
Mal's back on home soil — briefly — and Alex is dodging the Adelaide rain. Episode 137 lands in a week the ACCC has had its biggest enforcement win in a decade, and the rest of the retail and ecom new...
21 Maj 16min
Retail Fest, Click Frenzy, and a 13% share crash
The streak's broken — first missed week in three years, courtesy of Retail Fest swallowing the calendar whole. Mal and Alex are back on the mics with a full debrief on the Gold Coast event, the WhatsA...
13 Maj 22min
