A new large format retail centre, Lifestyle Connection Woodpark, will soon commence construction at Smithfield, in Sydney's South West. The...
A new large format retail centre, Lifestyle Connection Woodpark, will soon commence construction at Smithfield, in Sydney's South West. The site will offer a range of store sizes from 70sqm to over 6,000sqm of large format space. Located on the Corner of Woodpark Road & The Cumberland Highway Smithfield, the centre will...
The NSW Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Bill 2016 has now passed parliament and will soon become law. The commencement...
The NSW Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Bill 2016 has now passed parliament and will soon become law. The commencement date is to be gazetted by parliament at later date. The amendment brings in a number of changes for retailers in NSW: 1. Jurisdictional Limit The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal...
How are retail businesses performing across each of Australia’s states and territories? Each quarter CommSec analyses key indicators across the...
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...
Over 3000 executive retail delegates and 120 exhibitors are expected to descend upon the revamped International Convention Centre in...
Over 3000 executive retail delegates and 120 exhibitors are expected to descend upon the revamped International Convention Centre in Sydney in March for an all-encompassing retail event. To be held over three days in the new convention centre at Sydney’s Darling Harbour, Inside Retail Live will be a celebration of...
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is currently running campaigns in multiple regions across Australia to assess compliance and help...
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is currently running campaigns in multiple regions across Australia to assess compliance and help employers and employees understand their legal rights and obligations. According to the FWO, the campaigns include compliance and education activities, such as providing a range of tools, resources and assistance to...
The NSW Food Authority is helping consumers and industry navigate the often overwhelming world of food labels with an...
The NSW Food Authority is helping consumers and industry navigate the often overwhelming world of food labels with an online, interactive food labelling hub. The new resource on the Food Authority website aims to help consumers make informed choices about food, and industry to find information essential to food labelling...
When it comes to a state-by-state comparison, total online spending is dominated by the three major Eastern States (NSW,...
When it comes to a state-by-state comparison, total online spending is dominated by the three major Eastern States (NSW, VIC & QLD) at 76%, according to a report commissioned by Quantium. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that the total online retail spend for each state & territory...
The New South Wales Parliament is currently considering a Bill to prohibit retailers from supplying certain types of plastic...
The New South Wales Parliament is currently considering a Bill to prohibit retailers from supplying certain types of plastic bags to their customers. If passed, the new law will prevent retailers from supplying plastic bags to customers to carry goods bought, or to be bought, from the retailer that are...
NSW: As the retail industry enters the lead-up to the busy Christmas period, an important issue confronting the industry...
NSW: As the retail industry enters the lead-up to the busy Christmas period, an important issue confronting the industry is that of retail crime and loss prevention. The NRA takes this matter very seriously, and over time has established a very close working relationship with the NSW Police Force to...
SYDNEY 26-27 OCT: Omnichannel Retail Experience & Digital Transformation Conference The retail world has been changing significantly for the past few...
SYDNEY 26-27 OCT: Omnichannel Retail Experience & Digital Transformation Conference The retail world has been changing significantly for the past few years and the paradigm shift of the consumers’ expectation has been the main talking point for every retailer. Consumers want a seamless customer experience in their shopping journey and expect...
According to the latest report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for retail trade in July 2016, retail...
According to the latest report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for retail trade in July 2016, retail trade figures have continued the flat trend that they finished the 2015-16 financial year with. Seasonally adjusted, retail turnover for July 2016 remained more or less unchanged at 0.0 per cent,...
In a recent case brought before the NSW Supreme Court DP World’s (DPW) six-month restraint of trade period on...
In a recent case brought before the NSW Supreme Court DP World’s (DPW) six-month restraint of trade period on their Operations Manager was deemed to be reasonable when the former employee gave three-months’ notice before beginning employment with a competitor. On April 27, DPW’s Operations Manager accepted a position with...
Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) this week indicates that the soft retail sales that have...
Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) this week indicates that the soft retail sales that have been recorded since the beginning of 2016 have continued into the final quarter of 2015/16. The recorded growth of 0.2 per cent, seasonally adjusted, is below the figure forecast by the...
A director at ANZ has been awarded $110,000 in damages for being unfairly dismissed for serious misconduct. The Bank...
A director at ANZ has been awarded $110,000 in damages for being unfairly dismissed for serious misconduct. The Bank alleged Mr Bartlett had amended a confidential internal email and mailed it to a journalist at the Australian Financial Review. Mr Bartlett’s claim was previously dismissed by Justice Adamson in a...
The recent release of the February 2016 retail trade figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed flat growth...
The recent release of the February 2016 retail trade figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed flat growth in retail sales, although strong performance is still being recorded in some key divisions of household goods and clothing. As indicated in the graph below, the sector grew by 3.7 per...
The NSW Government has doubled the recycling rebate available for small and medium enterprises (SME's) to assist with purchases...
The NSW Government has doubled the recycling rebate available for small and medium enterprises (SME's) to assist with purchases of small-scale recycling equipment. Under the Bin Trim Business Grants Program, businesses may be eligible for free advice and funding support to help waste less and recycle more. If you business employs...