The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) says it’s disappointing the Queensland Parliamentary Committee examining the state’s retail trading hours in its review of the Trading (Allowable Hours) Bill has failed to recommend full...
Consumer spending continued its strong trajectory last month, with June retail sales up 11.1% compared to the same month last year. The findings are from Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures in-store and online...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has called on the federal government to help facilitate national consistency on the phase-out of single-use plastics.
ARA CEO Paul Zahra says complex state and territory legislation includes...
Over the weekend, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the reinstatement of the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment.
In recognition of the risks associated with more infectious variants of Covid-19 through the winter period, the...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) says September’s Jobs and Skills Summit needs to look at long term economic reform in the areas of women’s workforce participation, including childcare, as well as skilled...
Australian retail turnover rose 0.9% in May, reaching another record level, according to the Retail Trade figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The rise in May was the fifth consecutive...
Labour shortages continue to cripple the retail industry, with the majority of members surveyed by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) saying the situation has worsened over the past three months, and that...
Businesses that lead the way in eradicating plastics will increase customer loyalty and trust, according to research from the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) in collaboration with the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
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