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A fairer retail Award

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has strengthened its salary absorption proposal as part of its application to the Fair Work Commission to vary the General Retail Industry Award (GRIA). ARA Chief Industry Affairs...

Call for a modernisation of the General Retail Industry Award

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) are calling for a modernisation of the General Retail Industry Award (GRIA) that reflects the needs of today’s...

Industry provides updates amid ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

As the impacts of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred and flooding events continue to unfold across Queensland and NSW, retailers have called for patience, cautioning that the recovery of some store operations will take...

Retail update on Queensland and Northern New South Wales store operations

As Cyclone Alfred and heavy rainfall continues to threaten Queensland and Northern New South Wales, retailers have put preparations in place to ensure the safety of their teams, customers and stores. The intensity...

ARA’s retail award proposals 

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) hopes to “clarify, simplify and modernise” the General Retail Industry Award (GRIA) with a number of proposals. Under the ARA’s proposals, which will be heard by the Fair...

RBA cash decision brings relief to retailers

Retailers have called the decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia a welcome confidence boost but warned tough times are far from over for the sector. Peak bodies, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA)...

Retail outlines federal budget priorities

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and National Retail Association (NRA) are urging the federal government to recognise the importance of Australia’s retail sector ahead of the upcoming federal budget. ARA Chief Industry Affairs...

Australian Retail Council appoints inaugural CEO

Ahead of Christmas, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the National Retail Association (NRA) announced Chris Rodwell as the inaugural CEO of the Australian Retail Council (ARC). The associations note that Mr Rodwell...
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