Consumers spent more than $35.8 billion across the country in September, according to seasonally adjusted figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Australian retail turnover rose 0.9%, following rises of 0.3%...
As the Christmas and holiday trading period draws near, new research reveals 55% of surveyed small to medium-size retailers remain uncertain or concerned about their financial future.
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) &...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has partnered with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to launch a course for retail and hospitality managers to combat workplace sexual harassment.
The Understanding and Addressing Workplace...
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...
Almost half of surveyed Australian shoppers (48%) have identified catalogues as their most used source of information when planning where to shop, according to new research. This is only outweighed by internet...
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...
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...
After significant growth in peak pandemic years, Australian consumer online retail spending has stabilised, according to the Australian Ecommerce Report 2023 by IAB Australia and Pureprofile.
The report found that 67% of surveyed...
