The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has slammed the Green Party’s plastic bag levy legislation, which was re-introduced to the Sena…
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has slammed the Green Party’s plastic bag levy legislation, which was re-introduced to the Sena…
Business could find it easier to comply with consumer protection laws, but face tougher penalties for any breach under the recommendations o…
The Australian Retailers Association has called for clear national direction – and clear thinking – on the use of plastic bags after att…
Retailers have predicted that the chocolate Bilby will be the hit of Easter 2008. Australian consumers’ spending patterns are changing acc…
The Queensland Retail Traders & Shopkeepers Association has established offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth and is relaunch…
The Australian Retailers Association has urged the Federal Government to take the lead in deregulating Easter trading hours across the natio…
Small businesses will be offered $3000 of training and mentoring, with a specific focus on financial management, under a new initiative spea…
Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s plan to phase out plastic bags by the end of 2008 has met with a mixed response from retailers and in…
Australian stocks continued to fall further this morning, adding to yesterday’s sharp 2.3% fall as US recession fears worsen. The benchma…
Peter Hendy, the high profile and occasionally controversial chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has resigne…
Have you left your Christmas shopping to the last minute? If so, you are not alone. There is a growing trend to wait until “five minutes t…
The Productivity Commission has rebuffed calls by small business and tenants groups for a major overhaul of the retail tenancy market in a d…
