Seventy percent of Australian retailers expect Christmas sales in 2017 to exceed those in 2016, according to the 2017 Deloitte Retailers’ Christmas Survey. That’s down from 76 per cent last year and,...
Announced as Richard Goyder’s successor in February, Rob Scott officially became Wesfarmers Managing Director following the company’s AGM yesterday (November 16).
Mr Scott said he felt “very humbled and excited” to assume the...
Bulla Family Dairy (Bulla) has introduced Pure Cream, promoting it as “rich, creamy and decadent” with a fat content of 45 per cent and “unique” in the cream market.
Bulla says that with...
New container deposit laws in NSW will operate from December 1, 2017, and from that date, says MGA Independent Retailers CEO Jos de Bruin, independently owned businesses on the NSW borders will...
More than two-thirds of this year’s Product of the Year Award-winning products are from private-label or retailer-exclusive brands.
ALDI Australia won 13 categories in the 2018 Product of the Year Awards, building on...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and Roy Morgan Research’s Annual Pre-Christmas Sales Predictions indicate shoppers will spend more than $50 billion in Australia’s retail stores over the Christmas trading period from November...
Victorian store Morgan’s SUPA IGA Melton has teamed up with sushi company Go Sushi to combine “delicious product” with an “enticing in-store atmosphere”.
On entering the store, customers are now greeted with sushi...
Woolworths is the first Australian supermarket to commit to adopting the new Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) for its private-label goods.
The new labelling system, developed by Planet Ark, is aimed at supporting customers...
New research from ALDI Australia indicates that rising costs combined with lifestyle changes are shifting consumer behaviour, with private label and “little luxuries” the big winners.
ALDI Australia’s ‘Household Expenditure Report’, with research...
Amazon’s first Australian Seller Summit was attended by hundreds of people who came to hear how businesses can use the online retail giant’s third-party selling platform, Amazon Marketplace, to grow.
The event, organised...