Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, has released its latest ‘Connected Shoppers Report’, with the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), revealing how Australia and New Zealand retailers and shoppers are adapting to a new retail...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has partnered with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to launch a course for retail and hospitality managers to combat workplace sexual harassment.
The Understanding and Addressing Workplace...
Pre-Christmas spending in 2023 is expected to edge in line with last year’s results.
Provisional forecasts by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), in conjunction with Roy Morgan, predict $66.8 billion will be spent...
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left interest rates on hold for the fourth consecutive month, with its cash rate target remaining at 4.1%.
RBA Governor Michele Bullock says the higher interest...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has urged the NSW government to retain existing Anzac Day trading hours, as unions call for stores to cease trading entirely on 25 April.
This comes as the...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed a decline in retail job vacancies year-on-year. It, however, remains concerned the rising cost-of-doing-business has forced businesses to reduce their investment in jobs due to...
Australian retail turnover increased 0.2% in August 2023, according to seasonally adjusted figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This follows a 0.5% increase in July 2023 and a 0.8%...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is calling on the Queensland, South Australian and Western Australian governments to modernise their approach to trading hours for physical stores to create a more “flexible, safer,...
