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Former Vice President of the Fair Work Commission, the Hon. Graeme Watson, will headline the NRA's new forum series, State of the Retail Nation, this month – speaking candidly about his recent resignation after more than a decade presiding over industrial relations issues in aviation, ports, maritime, oil, gas, hospitality, and...

by Tim O'Grady, KnowITALL Loyalty Systems Are loyalty programs worth the effort? Let's examine both sides of the argument... The believers For those businesses who are believers, the reasons they believe are driven by two critical business growth outcomes: More spend by members vs non members (up to 40% more) PLUS More visits by...

Tracking mental health and wellbeing among working men and women to predict risk One in 5 Australians experience depression or anxiety every year and this leads to reduced work productivity. It is important to prevent people from becoming anxious or depressed in the first place. A University of Sydney research team...

How are retail businesses performing across each of Australia’s states and territories? Each quarter CommSec analyses key indicators across the Australian economy and compares current performance with decade averages, and each of the states. According to the CommSec State of the States January report, NSW has maintained the top spot on the retail...

by Inside Retail All Pumpkin Patch stores will close by mid-February after receivers were unable to entice a buyer for the failed children’s wear chain, which traded through the traditionally busy holiday period. Sixty-eight Pumpkin Patch and Charlie & Me stores employing 560 people will close by January 31, and the remaining...

The recently released NAB Online Retail Sales Index for November 2016 has shown that Australian consumers splashed around $21.4 billion over the 12 months from November 2015 to November 2016. As usual, there was a significant boost in original sales for November 2016, due mainly to seasonal factors such as...