Retail Panel: how many more supermarket chains are too many?

Every Thursday, our CEO Dominique Lamb and a panel of retail experts discuss retail’s hottest topics on ABC Radio....

Every Thursday, our CEO Dominique Lamb and a panel of retail experts discuss retail’s hottest topics on ABC Radio. Below are some insights from last Thursday’s discussion. Food delivery service Foodora has announced it is pulling out of Australia. Foodora is a food delivery service that launched in Australia in 2015. While...

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Message from the CEO – July 31

The Federal Government’s Parliamentary Franchising Inquiry is now well underway – the findings of which are due at the...

The Federal Government’s Parliamentary Franchising Inquiry is now well underway – the findings of which are due at the end of September. As an attempt to establish the fact among the fiction, the Inquiry has been honing in on areas like how the Code is being operated and its effectiveness,...

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Message from the CEO – 24 July

One thing retailers do exceptionally well is create jobs for hundreds of thousands of Australians - many of whom...

One thing retailers do exceptionally well is create jobs for hundreds of thousands of Australians - many of whom are in the youth category. Around one quarter of all employed young people are in the retail sector. These jobs help supplement their schooling or tertiary education, gear up for overseas...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 26 June 2018

After more than 15 months’ worth of emotive-charged campaigns and attempts by unions and the ALP to block the...

After more than 15 months’ worth of emotive-charged campaigns and attempts by unions and the ALP to block the reduction in Sunday penalty rates, the full changes will finally come into effect this coming Sunday. Or will they? The ALP’s latest move in the ongoing battle against retail business owners is...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 19 June 2018

It’s hard to believe that we’re now less than a fortnight until the end of the financial year, with...

It’s hard to believe that we’re now less than a fortnight until the end of the financial year, with winter having well and truly arrived! Last week saw the release of the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Many prominent Australians – including Olympic champion Dawn Fraser, Businesswoman Jennifer Westacott and para-athlete...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 12 June 2018

How many great ideas can you think of that ended up having disastrously unforeseen consequences? Given this week’s plastic...

How many great ideas can you think of that ended up having disastrously unforeseen consequences? Given this week’s plastic bag ban campaign launch in Queensland with the NRA’s campaign ambassador, Origin great Mal Meninga, the introduction of cane toads to gobble cane beetles munching on sugar cane crops seems...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 5 June 2018

As you’re all aware, last Friday the Fair Work Commission (FWC) raised the national minimum wage by 3.5 per...

As you’re all aware, last Friday the Fair Work Commission (FWC) raised the national minimum wage by 3.5 per cent effective from July 1 2018. The FWC, the ACTU and other supporters of this decision seem to think that retail owners are swimming in cash at the moment. They must...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 29 May 2018

The old adage, fake it till you make it, tends not to apply to those cheap wares that are...

The old adage, fake it till you make it, tends not to apply to those cheap wares that are undeniably similar to ones from some of the world’s biggest luxury brands. British fashion house Burberry has this week lodged in New York a whopper lawsuit against Target for allegedly selling...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 22 May 2018

As many of you are discovering the hard way, Facebook’s seismic algorithm shift in January has left even some...

As many of you are discovering the hard way, Facebook’s seismic algorithm shift in January has left even some of the best-performing retailers in a race to the bottom on their organic reach. Additionally, many retailers are also finding their paid spend has been rising incrementally and consistently in price,...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 15 May 2018

The annual post-budget reporting doesn’t seem to change from year to year – the big winners and big losers,...

The annual post-budget reporting doesn’t seem to change from year to year – the big winners and big losers, what’s in it for you, who thinks it’s magnificent, and who thinks it’s a load of garbage. However, the Budget itself is always different from ones gone before it, including this...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 8 May 2018

Words like relevance and identity have been bandied about NRA headquarters this week like a pack of double-coat Tim...

Words like relevance and identity have been bandied about NRA headquarters this week like a pack of double-coat Tim Tams, with so many of the big players in the news again. Myer’s still flailing, The Good Guys have lost some serious skin in the electronics category, and Esprit has announced...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 1 May 2018

The Meghan Markle Effect has been in full swing for some time, and if you check in with struggling...

The Meghan Markle Effect has been in full swing for some time, and if you check in with struggling Aussie retailer Oroton, her choice of handbag during a recent outing may have just saved the entire brand from going under. The brand is struggling badly here in Australia and is...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 24 April 2018

The ACTU’s war against employers continues this week, with an outlandish claim that its push for a whopping 7.2...

The ACTU’s war against employers continues this week, with an outlandish claim that its push for a whopping 7.2 per cent increase to the minimum wage would create 87,000 new jobs over two years. As you know, upping your staff’s wages by $50 per week each is not going to...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 17 April 2018

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has upped the ante on its anti-business crusade, unveiling an alarming six-point...

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has upped the ante on its anti-business crusade, unveiling an alarming six-point plan it believes will lift wages. It’s a plan that’s more likely, however, to send businesses broke and cost Australians their jobs. Industry groups, including the NRA, have warned the unions’ bid...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 10 April 2018

With Budget 2018 looming large, both corporate and personal tax cuts are firmly on the agenda. While the debate has...

With Budget 2018 looming large, both corporate and personal tax cuts are firmly on the agenda. While the debate has been raging for some time on cutting the company tax rate for all firms from 30 cents in the dollar to 25 per cent by 2026 – there’s (unsurprisingly) far...

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Message from the CEO, Dominique Lamb: 3 April 2018

How many bags of groceries end up in the bin at your house each year? According to Foodwise.com.au, we...

How many bags of groceries end up in the bin at your house each year? According to Foodwise.com.au, we throw out a mammoth 20 per cent of the food we buy - around one in five bags. That’s 345kg per household (the weight of three average-sized fridges), at an average...

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