Michael Schneider, Managing Director of Bunnings | Amar Singh, Principal Analyst at Kantar Consulting

On this episode, we’re going global – all the way to Melbourne, Australia for an exclusive interview with Michael Schneider, Managing Director of Bunnings, one of the leading big box home improvement retailers in the world. If you don’t know Bunnings, they are a $13 billion retailer with 377 trading locations employing over 44,000 team members. We talk about the one-two punch of the Australia wild fires and COVID-19, and how the business continues to operate, innovate and serve their communities across New Zealand and Australia. Next up Amarinder (Amar) Singh Principal Analyst at Kantar Consulting takes us through the trends, performance and competitive set of the hardware DIY retail sector, and brings us up to speed on the trends that were happening pre-COVID-19, the performance of the category so far in the COVID era and top three tips to stay competitive and win market share.