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Sexual harassment is pervasive and persistent in retail work, with young women most at risk, as revealed in a new report by researchers from the Australian Centre for Gender Equality

Australia’s peak retail body, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) says the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association’s (SDA) latest bid to launch a Fair Work Commission (FWC) case to abolish

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) say today’s decision by the Fair Work Commission to increase the modern award rates of pay by 3.75%, in addition to the scheduled 0.5% increase in

Aussie shoppers are tipped to spend $10.1 billion on mid-year/end of financial year (EOFY) sales – up $800 million or 8.6% from 2023 – as retailers showcase their midyear and

Australian retail sales remained subdued in April 2024, with a modest increase of 1.3% compared to the same month last year – and most discretionary categories remaining in decline. The

Australia’s peak retail body, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), has welcomed the Victorian Government’s plans to introduce legislation to implement tougher penalties for people who assault or abuse retail workers.

More than 60 Australian retailers, representing thousands of stores nationwide, will participate in First Responders Day tomorrow, Thursday 16 May, offering special deals as a thank you to our frontline heroes. Some of

Australia’s peak retail body, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), has welcomed measures to address the country’s cost-of-living crisis announced in today’s 2024-25 Federal Budget. With retail employing one in ten

Australian retailers are uniting to tackle retail crime at the industry-wide Retail Crime Symposium on 18 July 2024 in Melbourne. In an industry first collaboration, Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and