Event Program

10:30am: Registration Opens

11:20am: Presentation – Economic Insights

Craig Woolford, lead consumer analyst at MST Marquee, will outline the retail demand backdrop in Australia over the next year, which includes a range of uncertainties following significant interest rate increases and price inflation. Craig will dispel myths about the consumer and provide clarity about the underlying influences on spending. He will also step through the way businesses are managing challenges in retail and liquor such as higher wage costs, escalating rental costs, and identifying the most viable business model for online retailing.

11:50pm: Presentation – Retail Liquor Market, Category & Shopper Insights

Join Circana’s Jarna McLean and Mel Anderson from Growth Scope as they delve into the current state of the Australian Retail Liquor Market. This insightful presentation will bring together retail liquor market and category performance trends, and the dynamics driving performance around occasion, consumer, and shopper. Get a view of how the market is currently performing, how it has shifted since pre and during COVID, and what this might mean for the future. IRI and Growth Scope have been collaborating since early 2022 to produce themed industry reports, each uniquely dissects the growth opportunities and key fundamentals underpinning Australia’s retail liquor industry, and on-premises channel in 2023 and beyond.