Tag: retail

Online spending still strong

New research from e-commerce experience platform preezie finds 76% of consumers are now likely to avoid major purchases such as high-value goods, luxury products, and expensive electronics in the next six months. Despite this pull...

Generative AI’s potential in retail

Australia’s retail sector could unlock billions of dollars in value by 2030 if it accelerates the “responsible adoption” of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), finds a new report. The report, Australia’s Generative AI Opportunity,...

Retail Ready and Able to connect jobseekers with disability to retail employment

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has launched the Retail Ready and Able program in Queensland to connect jobseekers with a disability to employment opportunities within the retail sector. Retail Ready and Able aims...

Retail job vacancies fall as costs rise

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) welcomes a decline in retail job vacancies but believes it’s largely due to rapidly rising costs of doing business, prompting businesses to cut back on hiring. New figures...

A positive outlook amid ‘retail recession’

2023 and 2024 will deliver new retail offerings for consumers that will change their lives forever, according to Fifth Dimension founder and CEO Lyndall Spooner. “While a lot of people are panicking about...

Fine Food Australia registration now open

Fine Food Australia is returning to Sydney this year, with registration now open. Promoted as the nation’s only established trade show dedicated to all things food, Fine Food Australia, supported by platinum sponsor...

Ranged supporting small players to achieve big

Former Coles Local buyers are getting Australian-owned small to medium brands into the FMCG space by “doing things differently”. Since its 2019 launch, Ranged has quickly risen in the ranks of the FMCG...

ARA backs Queensland budget

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) welcomes the cost-of-living measures in Queensland’s state budget. In particular, the industry body notes the government’s flagship policy to make kindergarten free for all families. They believe this...
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