These 12 Big Aussie Retailers That Are Falling Apart RIGHT NOW (And 3 Survivors)

Walk through any Australian shopping centre right now and count the empty shopfronts. These aren't no-name chains nobody cared about — they're the names your mum shopped at, the ones that anchored your local centre for thirty years. In this video we break down 12 well-known Australian retailers that are shrinking, collapsing or already gone — and the 3 that are quietly having the best years of their lives. We look at what actually went wrong in each case: the debt, the squeezed middle of the market, the sale-and-leaseback deals, the margin collapse in pharmacy, and the slow death of the one thing every one of these businesses was built on — the trip to the shop. Covered in this video: Godfreys · The Body Shop · EB Games · Harris Scarfe · The Reject Shop · the suburban chemist · Jeanswest · Big W · Target · David Jones · Myer · Noni B, Millers, Katies, Rivers and Rockmans And the three going the other way: Chemist Warehouse · Bunnings · Kmart If you want to understand what's happening to Australian retail before the shutters come down in your own town, subscribe — new breakdowns every week. Which shop closure hit you hardest? Tell us in the comments. — This video is commentary and analysis based on publicly reported information about these companies. It is general information only and is not financial, legal or investment advice. Company situations change — always check current sources before acting on anything discussed here.