Retail sales rebound in July, long road yet to recovery

Retail sales rebounded solidly to kick-start the 2020-21 financial year according to the preliminary report for July, released by...

Retail sales rebounded solidly to kick-start the 2020-21 financial year according to the preliminary report for July, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. The sector recorded a nationwide rise of 3.3 per cent on the June figures, while each state and territory experienced increased turnover except for...

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Message from the CEO: 10 March 2020

Australia has been subjected to a summer of disasters. Large-scale bushfires that ravaged numerous regional communities, a longstanding drought,...

Australia has been subjected to a summer of disasters. Large-scale bushfires that ravaged numerous regional communities, a longstanding drought, and now the Coronavirus outbreak have all left an impact that now extends beyond those directly affected. This was demonstrated in last week’s Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail report...

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