NSW Premier announces ANZAC Day trading restrictions
The New South Wales Government is set to ban trading for large retailers on ANZAC Day from next year. The new legislation will see retail trading restrictions extended to midnight...
Victorian Government reinstates Commercial Tenancies Relief Scheme
The Commercial Tenancies Relief Scheme (CTRS)Â will be reinstated to provide rent relief for small to medium commercial tenants and their landlords with more details on the roll out to be...
Three states in COVID lockdown signals a challenging period ahead for retail
More than $8 billion worth of retail trade is now at risk nationally with the COVID lockdown in Victoria extended for another seven days and South Australia in lockdown joining...
Industry bodies call for good behaviour in challenging times
With Australia’s two biggest centres of economic activity now locked down, retailers, retail workers and shopping centres have joined forces with a five point action plan designed to protect business...
Extended NSW lockdown will cost a further $1 billion
Today, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the current lockdown restrictions will be extended for another week until 11:59pm, Friday 16 July, given the ongoing cases of community transmission and following...
Victoria’s restrictions extended, QR Codes mandatory for retail
The Victorian Government has today announced an extension to lockdown measures affecting Metropolitan Melbourne, with restrictions to continue until 11.59pm, Thursday June 10 before gradual further easing. The Australian Retailers Association...
Expect softened sales as JobKeeper ends, warns ARA
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has confirmed retail sales increased 9.1% through the year to February, however sales are expected to soften in the coming months as JobKeeper and...
Salesforce and ARA to drive innovation in Australia’s retail sector
Salesforce, the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), has joined the Australian Retailers Association’s (ARA) growing network of strategic partners to share knowledge, insights and to drive innovation in...
ABS December sales figures confirm Christmas splurge
Australian retail turnover fell 4.1% in December 2020, seasonally adjusted compared to November, which saw a major increase as Victoria came out of lockdown; but in annual terms retail turnover remains...
Retail on track for a bumper Christmas
Australian retail is on a road to recovery in time for Christmas after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that, nationwide, October turnover rose by 1.4% on the previous...
Retailers welcome common-sense move to reopen Victorian shops
The National Retail Association (NRA) and Australian Retailers Association (ARA) have welcomed the common-sense announcement by the Victorian Premier that the state’s retailers will be able to reopen from 11:59pm...
Russell Zimmerman joins eftpos
Retail industry advocate and veteran, Russell Zimmerman, is joining eftpos to support it to help Australian small and medium businesses reduce their costs in the COVID-19 rebuild. Zimmerman is the...
Retailers and shopping centres unite in call for retail leasing industry code of conduct
Australia’s national retail groups and shopping centre landlords have united in a set of retail leasing principles and calling for the implementation of a national Code of Conduct for retail...
ARA and SDA join forces to ask for government Retail Industry Rescue Package
The Executive Director of the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), Russell Zimmerman, and the National Secretary of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association (SDA), Gerard Dwyer have called on the...
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