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This Week In Ecommerce

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🎙️ This Week in Ecommerce is your weekly download on the headlines shaping Australian retail. Hosted by industry legend Mal Chia and rising star Alex Ross, each episode dives into the biggest stories—from billion-dollar deals to platform updates, policy shifts, and consumer trends. Sharp insights, no fluff, and plenty of honest takes. New episodes every Wednesday. Powered by Ecom Nation.

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166 episodes

  1. The Real Losers From David Jones Aren't the Shoppers 22:43
  2. The Blue Wave Won't Fix Your US Tariffs 18:58
  3. Shona Joy Closed at the Top. That's a Win. 22:29
  4. Skipping Black Friday Is Marketing Too 24:53
  5. Kmart Pulled Its Smart Glasses. Shoppers Are Pushing Back 25:10
  6. AI Is Making Too Many Ads 26:27
  7. Rates Just Hit 4.6%. Black Friday Is Going to Be Huge 20:23
  8. 60% of Shoppers Won't Pay Full Price. We Trained Them. 18:36
  9. Proud Poppy's Comeback, Cue's Collapse, and the RBA's Surcharge Ban: TWIE 153 25:53
  10. Gen Z Isn't Broke, They're Just Not Buying Houses 14:30
  11. Ooshies, AI Music Bans and a Golf Brand's Worst Week: TWIE 151 14:15
  12. Why City Chic's 'Forced' Retreat From the US Might Be Its Best Move Yet 21:05
  13. The Iconic's Profit Jumped 53%. Guess Who Paid For It. 24:52
  14. The IP Survives, The Customers Don't: Inside Stax's Rescue 20:56
  15. AusPost Wants You to Build an Ecosystem. Its Own Data Says Build a Discount Habit. 20:51
  16. Kogan Gets Caught Comparing Itself to Itself 21:16
  17. They Took Your Money and Told You to Call Your Bank 19:59
  18. Betts, Stax, Depop's Fee War & the Accent Group Takeover 19:48
  19. The ATO Is Quietly Killing Your Favourite Brands 20:13
  20. Google Agentic Commerce, ChatGPT Ads & the Death of Pure DTC 28:29
  21. One-Click Cancel, Greenwashed Burgers & Elon's Trillion 10:20
  22. The Scarcity Trap: Why Hype Brands Keep Going Broke 17:58
  23. Two retail failures, one Kogan win, and the death of the click 21:38
  24. GYG retreats, Alo invades, and Amazon goes full agentic 22:21
  25. Coles Down Down, Birkenstock Nail Polish & Temple & Webster's 30% Miss 16:22
  26. Retail Fest, Click Frenzy, and a 13% share crash 22:18
  27. Koala's Broken IPO, Lulu's Nike Hire, and Meta's $244B Year 19:06
  28. NewBird AI, OnePass, and the $9M Hair Brand You've Never Heard Of 18:05
  29. Monopoly Guilty, DTC Exit and Instagram's Late Arrival 21:51
  30. The Allbirds Collapse, Sabo Goes to War, and the US Cost Squeeze 28:28
  31. Gap's Back, Cadbury's at It Again & Big Tech's Worst Week 16:20
  32. Fuel Crisis, Rate Rises & Agentic Commerce 18:23
  33. Amazon's $750M Queensland Bet, Von Dutch's $100M Comeback & The Spam Fine Every Brand Should Read 21:22
  34. Koala's IPO, The Iconic's Profit & The Dynamic Pricing Threat Facing Every Retail Brand 25:05
  35. Block's AI Cuts, More Store Closures & The Ozsale Comeback 24:16
  36. Tariff Chaos, TikTok’s Backflip & The Return of Retail Reality 24:18
  37. Barbecues Galore, Insolvencies & Luxury’s Surprise Winner 13:59
  38. Bunnings Wins Facial Recognition Case, Cosette Collapses, and the Return of Topshop 19:58
  39. Crying Horses, TikTok Trouble & Meta’s Master Plan 24:43
  40. Trust Issues: AI Ads, Supermarket Pricing & the Cost of Cutting Corners 18:31
  41. Woolies Goes AI, The Oodie vs News, and Store Closures Galore 22:34
  42. Sendle Collapses, Returns Crack Down & Brands Lose Focus 22:34
  43. Year In Review: Why Retail Broke in 2025 (And What Actually Caused It) 23:40
  44. When Sales Spike but Brands Struggle: The New Reality of Ecommerce 20:19
  45. Bunnings AI Error, Step One Slump & BFCM Insights 30:42
  46. Streetwear IPOs, Fashion Inflation and the Housing Crunch 25:32
  47. The Marketplace Meltdown & Australia’s CPG Innovation Problem 22:44
  48. Menulog's Exit, AI Copyright & the Tim Tam That Won the Internet 29:29
  49. The Great Retail Reset: Trust, Tech and The New Definition of Cheap 27:35
  50. Operational Fitness, AI Predictions & the Great Retail Reset 24:34