Retail sales have marked 15 consecutive months of growth, with a record $35.9 billion spent in stores and online in November 2022. This was an increase of 7.7% on the same time...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is calling for further urgent action from federal and state governments to alleviate chronic labour shortages.
The scale of the labour shortage crisis impacting retail continues to worsen...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) are pleading for civility and mutual respect amid a spike in customer aggression throughout the Christmas shopping period.
ARA...
Australian retail sales increased 5% in November compared to the same time last year, according to the latest Mastercard SpendingPulse.
Most retail categories continued to record significant year on year sales growth as...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) welcomes the announcement that its Stage 1 grant application ‘Industry Clusters – Strengthening Australia’s National Vocational Education and Training System Program’ has been successful.
Led by the ARA,...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has bumped up its pre-Christmas spending forecasts by another two billion, now predicting a record $66 billion will be spent in the November to December Christmas trading...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed concessions by the Albanese government in relation to the Secure Work Better Pay legislation but says that amendments proposed by the crossbench don’t go far...
Australian retail turnover fell 0.2% in October, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
This is the first monthly fall of the year in retail trade, following a 0.6%...
