Retailers have accused the Reserve Bank of Australia Board of moving too quickly to increase interest rates on 7 June, saying the “heavy-handed” approach has not allowed time for last month’s increase...
The National Retail Association welcomes the Queensland Government’s proposed crack-down on illicit tobacco and illegally supplied nicotine vaping products.
NRA Chief Executive Officer Dominique Lamb said illicit products were estimated to make up...
New laws banning the supply of lightweight plastic shopping bags with handles come into effect across NSW today (1 June).
The National Retail Association has been working closely with the NSW Government over...
The NSW Government’s ban on lightweight plastic bags will come into force next week.
Minister for Environment James Griffin says the lightweight plastic bag ban is the first of many plastic items being...
Australian retail turnover increased 1.6% in March 2022, reaching a new record level, according to the Retail Trade figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Director of Quarterly Economy Wide Statistics...
Retailers welcome the announcement to change close contact isolation rules in Victoria and NSW this weekend.
National Retail Association CEO Dominique Lamb says the impact of isolation rules has been devastating for the...
Australia’s retailers are gearing up for the first holiday season without restrictions in two years as spending is forecast to reach $8.4 billion in the lead up to Easter.
National Retail Association Director...
2022 budget wrap Convenience World takes a look at the 2022/23 Federal Budget and industry responses.
Cost-of-living measures
Cost of living relief formed a key component of the Federal Budget. A “temporary, targeted and...
