Tag: Australian Retailers Association

$430 million spending boost for retail this Halloween

One in four Australians say they will celebrate Halloween this year, with spending forecast to reach $430 million according to research from Australian Retailers Association (ARA) in collaboration with Roy Morgan. In the...

Retailers welcome WA Government plan to phase-out more single-use plastics

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed the WA Government’s leadership and commitment to ban more single-use plastic items as part of a discussion paper released on phase-out regulations for 2023. Items proposed...

Labour shortages continue to cripple retail industry

The scale of the labour shortage crisis impacting retail continues to worsen with new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing 46,100 job vacancies in retail trade in August – an...

Spending up despite cost-of-living pressures

Australian retail turnover rose 0.6 per cent in August 2022, according to Retail Trade figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). With $34.9 billion spent in stores and online, the...

Strong spending continues despite cost-of-living challenges

Retail sales continued to strengthen in August, with trade increasing 25.1% compared to the same month last year, according to the latest Mastercard SpendingPulse. Sales are also up 27.4% compared to pre-pandemic...

Step forward for Sunday trading in SA

The South Australian government has drafted legislation and will now begin formal consultation to allow trading on Sundays from 9am, instead of 11am. The Shop Trading Hours (Extension of Hours) Amendment Bill 2022...

Jobs and Skills Summit presents immediate action items needed to address staff shortages

Australian Retailers Association CEO Paul Zahra says the immediate action items announced at the Jobs and Skills Summit today, including an increase to Australia’s migration cap, and a one-off income credit for...

Retailers outline priorities for Jobs and Skills Summit

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has put forward its submission to the Jobs and Skills Summit, which focuses on initiatives to address immediate labour and skills shortages, drive sustainable wages growth and...
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