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The latest monthly data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed a modest boost in consumer spending in April, with a 3.8% year on year increase over the same month […]
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 […]
Australia’s peak retail body, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), has welcomed the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision today to again hold cash rates at 4.35% following subdued retail trade […]
Australia’s peak retail body, the Australian Retailers Association, has welcomed measures to support families and small businesses in the Victorian Budget, but warned that mounting taxes and levies on large […]
Peak retail industry body, Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed the NSW Government’s package of reforms around knife laws announced today. ARA CEO Paul Zahra said the robust stance on […]
Australians are set to spend $995 million on Mother’s Day this year – up $70 million, or 7.5% from 2023, research from the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) in collaboration with Roy Morgan reveals. Popular gifts for Mum […]
