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,...
More than 5.3 million Australians will celebrate Halloween this year with spending forecast to reach $490 million - up 14% or $60 million on 2022.
Research from Australian Retailers Association (ARA) in collaboration...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed cost-of-living relief measures announced in yesterday’s NSW Budget. It has, however, called for more support for small business amid a cost-of-doing-business crisis.
ARA CEO Paul Zahra...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has launched an information campaign to encourage a respectful and informed debate ahead of the referendum to establish a First Nations Voice to Parliament on 14 October...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) this week brought together the nation’s top major retailers to work together to protect frontline retail workers and prevent the escalation of retail crime across the country.
The...
More than three-quarters of surveyed Australian retail workers have experienced stress, anxiety, or depression in the past four weeks as retail crime and the rising cost-of-doing-business take a toll on mental health.
An...
