The Federal Government should keep its promise of a 1.5% tax cut to all businesses – large and small – the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said, after the Government indicated that Australia will move to a two-tier company tax system. All Australian businesses had been promised a reduction in the company tax […]
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Channel diversification into petrol and convenience stores and unique product attributes linked to strong brands are ways for suppliers to maintain profits in the downward price spiral of a private label world, said Dr David McKinna of McKinna et al Strategic Insights. Dr McKinna said that private label (PL) now offers real value, being a
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Despite Australian retailers employing more than 10% of the workforce and providing more jobs than any other sector, they are losing $4 billion a year to overseas retailers, with business groups united in their call for the $1,000 GST threshold loophole on overseas online sales to be removed. The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) welcomed support
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In a simplification of some elements of the retail alliance between Caltex Australia and Woolworths Petrol, 92 Caltex-operated sites will be rebranded as ‘Star Mart’ or ‘Star Shop’ convenience stores while continuing to offer the Woolworths fuel discount redemption. Thirty nine sites – located in close proximity to existing Woolworths Petrol sites – will exit
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Big business group the Australian Industry Group has backed a review of overtime and holiday pay and conditions, while the Australian Retailers Association said it is more focused on Sunday penalty rates that are impacting on small retailer’s viability. According to a story in The Age newspaper this week, big business is pushing for modern-award
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Australia’s largest retailers have welcomed the South Australian Government’s announcement to expand retail trading hours in Adelaide’s city and metropolitan areas throughout the Christmas shopping period. ANRA CEO Anna McPhee said moves to liberate trading hours across the Christmas period are a progressive step that would deliver employment and economic benefits to South Australian shoppers
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission called on egg industry participants last week to take heed of the recent Pirovic Enterprises Federal Court decision, in what appears to be a continuation of industry self-regulation. In September, the Federal Court handed down a $300,000 penalty against Pirovic after finding, by consent, that its ‘free range’ egg
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A complaint about the way Coles supermarkets advertised its apples has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Bureau, while Coles argued the description was accurate because “advanced cold storage” helped them retain qualities such as “taste, texture, smell, size and colour” for a lengthy period of time. In a TV ad, Coles described Tasmanian Pink
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A Dun & Bradstreet’s Business Expectations Survey revealed that 53.2% of businesses expect increased sales in Q1 2015 compared to last year, while just 7.5% forecast a decline, lifting D&B’s sales expectations index to 45.8 points, its highest level since Q2, 2000. However, Roy Morgan Research’s Business Confidence survey in October 2014 declined by 8
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While Perth, Western Australia retailers were granted permission to open from 7:00am under extended Christmas shopping hours, WA Independent Grocers and the Independent Retailers Organisation say the independents will lose sales to the national chain retailers and face extra costs. The new rule follows a submission to the state government by the WA Chamber of
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Three quarters (75%) of retailers are expecting Christmas sales to be higher than last year, according to the latest Deloitte Retail Review survey. However, the gains are expected to be modest, with no retailers expecting more than 5% sales growth, and 38% expecting 2-5% growth. The National Leader of Deloitte’s Retail, Wholesale & Distribution Group,
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A bid by the National Retail Association is aimed at harmonizing retail trading hours across south east Queensland to create a single zone with the same opening hours Monday to Saturday that would also change a 20-year-old, 5pm Saturday closing rule in many areas of SEQ. The NRA, which represents over 19,000 different retailers and
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With a national Australian Made, Australian Grown campaign launched in October to back locally grown and made goods, a House of Representatives Agriculture and Industry committee report has urged the Federal Government to make major changes to stipulate the level of local and imported ingredients in food products. The Committee recommended that the Australian Government
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