Request for Tender Yorke and Mid North Retail Strategy

Background

The retail sector in the Yorke and Mid North is dealing with host of unique changes and challenges (e.g. drought, algal bloom, population change), at the same time as the wider changes being experienced by the sector as a whole (cost of living, online retailing, and retail consolidation).

In order to remain relevant and appealing to shoppers and support the economy of regional towns, shopping precincts need to be attractive, offer relevant products, and provide positive consumer experience. The Yorke and Mid North Retail Strategy (the Strategy) will provide retailers, marketers and stakeholders with information and guidance around opportunities for growing and enhancing the retail sector in the region.

The Strategy will concentrate in the first instance on the towns of Clare, Jamestown, Kadina and Port Pirie (the target locations), as well as providing insights relevant to other rural service centres across the region.

RDA Yorke and Mid North invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced consultants to produce the Strategy that details:.

• The composition, key features and characteristics of existing retail in the target locations;
• Trends affecting retail business in regional areas in the short, medium and longer term, and;
• Key growth opportunities of existing and complementary retail businesses (based on existing retail and expected trends) to strengthen the profitability and resilience of the existing (and expanding) retail sector.