The countdown is underway for Queensland retailers before they are forced to permanently bin the plastic bag ahead of...
The countdown is underway for Queensland retailers before they are forced to permanently bin the plastic bag ahead of bans that will take effect on July 1 2018. The National Retail Association (NRA) will be touring local shopping precincts to provide advice for retailers preparing for the impending ban on...
Every Thursday, our CEO Dominique Lamb, and a panel of retail experts discussed the future of Australia’s grocery industry...
Every Thursday, our CEO Dominique Lamb, and a panel of retail experts discussed the future of Australia’s grocery industry on ABC Radio. Below are some insights from last Thursday’s discussion. ‘Pet humanisation’ means opportunities for retailers The ‘pet humanisation’ trend is creating a huge growth area for Australian retailers. Consumers have become...
As you would have seen in Part 1 of our Modern Award Series ‘How to work out which modern...
As you would have seen in Part 1 of our Modern Award Series ‘How to work out which modern awards apply in your business?’, it can be quite confusing working out which award has coverage over a business in the ‘food services’ industry: From the diagram above, you can see...
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) and the National Retail Association (NRA) have welcomed today’s determination by the...
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) and the National Retail Association (NRA) have welcomed today’s determination by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to re-authorise the Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice. The Code, which provides for the balanced and consistent management of casual mall licensing in shopping...
Written by Collin Freeman, Space Planning Concepts Retail is constantly changing and evolving. The challenge for retailers is to try and...
Written by Collin Freeman, Space Planning Concepts Retail is constantly changing and evolving. The challenge for retailers is to try and anticipate how to deal with these changes, and building in factors that could make allowances. Retail businesses can use various channels to deliver products and services to the end customer. The big...
IMAGE The National Retail Association has succeeded in its application for a one-off exemption for major stores in regional Queensland...
IMAGE The National Retail Association has succeeded in its application for a one-off exemption for major stores in regional Queensland to trade on the Boxing Day public holiday this year. In a judgement released today, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission ordered that stores may trade between 8am and 5pm on the...
Parking Australia is the national body representing the interests of the parking industry in Australia. The NRA is currently...
Parking Australia is the national body representing the interests of the parking industry in Australia. The NRA is currently assisting Parking Australia in the successful delivery of the Accredited Operating Scheme (AOS) In order to better understand the impacts of overstay/illegal parking on the retail industry, Parking Australia is conducting...
For many years there has been intense debate across the retail and shopping centre industries concerning how retail leases...
For many years there has been intense debate across the retail and shopping centre industries concerning how retail leases are regulated and issues surrounding distortions in market power. There has been numerous reviews by the Productivity Commission resulting in the lodgement of significant numbers of submissions from both sides of...
The Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee (ANZCTC) has launched a set of guidelines for Government and business to help protect...
The Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee (ANZCTC) has launched a set of guidelines for Government and business to help protect Australians from the threat that improvised explosive (IED) devices pose in places of mass gathering. The guidelines were developed to reduce the vulnerability to the threat of terrorism. They are targeted...