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The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) welcomes the announcement today that its Stage 1 grant application ‘Industry Clusters – Strengthening Australia’s National Vocational Education and Training System Program’ has been successful.
With only 12 shopping days to go until Christmas, retailers are encouraging Aussies to plan their final shopping items this week to avoid last-minute stress and disappointment.
Australia’s largest retail peak body, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), has applauded the NSW State Government’s new voucher scheme which targets back to school purchases.
Australia’s peak retail body, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), continues to grow and welcomes members from the National Footwear Retail Association (NFRA) in their recent merger with the ARA. ARA
Australia’s largest national retail body 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 period.
The country’s largest and most diverse retail trade body, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed concessions by the Albanese government in relation to the Secure Work Better Pay legislation
The Black Friday sales are set to provide retailers with strong results in the lead up to Christmas with research from the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) in collaboration with Roy Morgan forecasting sales to reach a record $6.2 billion over the four-day Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend (Friday 25 November to Monday 28 November 2022).
With less than three months before the start of Sydney WorldPride 2023, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has launched a campaign encouraging its members to play an active role in supporting the LGBTQ+ community, including the release of an industry-wide position statement that aims to build more inclusive workplaces for LGBTQ+ employees.
It’s beginning to look a lot like last Christmas – with most Aussies (59%) claiming they will spend the same or more (12%) than last year despite growing inflationary pressures,
Australian retail sales continued to power through the pre-Christmas trading period with sales increasing 12.9% in October compared to the same time last year, with sales also up 28.2% on
