In speciality retail, January is traditionally the month of elevated returns of unwanted gifts, and retail employees taking well-deserved holidays – all set against a backdrop of a dip in sales. Attempts to beat ...
In a $10-million settlement major cake store owner Retail Food Group has reached with Australia’s consumer watchdog, franchisees of some Michel’s Patisserie shops will have their debts wiped or be repaid. The settlement came after ...
Companies of all sizes are continuing hiring, but at a slower rate, and full impact of economic issues is expected to be evident in 2023. The number of workers employed by small and medium-sized businesses ...
A record number of Australians are leaving work early or staying late to do their Christmas shopping. New data from TaskPod shows bookings have spiked for their working cubes in major shopping hubs across the ...
Final cash rate announcement for 2022 is coming up at the Reserve Bank, and another increase is widely anticipated. Another 25-basis point increase will take the rate to 3.1 per cent and cause more pain ...
The Clean Energy Council has released a six-point energy plan as energy ministers prepare to meet in Gladstone, Queensland. This is in response to growing calls for federal and state governments to cap surging electricity ...
Australia’s manufacturing sector has shrunk in November due to a lack of workers, disruptions in the supply chain, and rising energy costs. Its performance slid in five of the six sectors sampled in the Australian ...
Katie Vogel saw during COVID-19 lockdowns that the majority of the houses in her seashore neighborhood were vacant. The notion of unoccupied holiday homes continued to play on her mind when she couldn’t find a ...
Retail sales in Australia have contracted for the first time all year, indicating that rising interest rates may be catching up with consumers. Retail trade turnover fell 0.2 per cent for the month, breaking a ...
Oxfam Australia is urging Christmas shoppers to boycott Zara and Jeanswest after the popular fashion brands failed to commit to improving wages and conditions for garment workers. The retailers also failed to share their factory ...
Four young children belonging to Kim Burnheim explore in a kayak under ominous gray sky while gathering snails, observing tadpoles, and looking for magpie nests. The shimmering water that has captured their imaginations is the ...
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