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Why should a customer decide to shop in your store today?

    As consumers we are presented with unprecedented levels of choice as to where we shop. Today, we can order our weekly shop online, head down to the local butchers, or go clothes...

Search is on for the next retail executive star

Professional recruitment consultancy Michael Page, part of the global PageGroup, has begun its search for the next talented retail professional to take out the Michael Page Retail Executive Award for 2016. The winner...

CROSSMARK appoints Director of Operations

CROSSMARK Australia and New Zealand has appointed Luke Johnson as the company’s new Director of Operations. Mr Johnson, who has more than 15 years’ experience in operations, joins CROSSMARK from online auction site...

Retail sector set for a very merry Christmas

New research indicates Australian retailers will benefit from increased consumer confidence in the lead-up to the Christmas trading period. Research commissioned by SAS polled 3,458 consumers in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK...

ACCC urges businesses to check their contracts are fair

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is urging businesses to review closely the standard-form contracts they use when dealing with other businesses. A new law that offers small businesses protection against unfair contract...

International news: Foodstuffs opens training centre in NZ

Foodstuffs South Island Fresh Foods Training Centre has been purpose built to cater for the needs of the butchery, seafood, deli and bakery departments across Foodstuffs’ Pak’nSave, New World and Raeward Fresh...

ALDI ready for business in South Australia

ALDI’s South Australian distribution centre at Regency Park in Adelaide is complete and will be ready for business when the retailer opens its first stores in the state from early next year. The...

Woolworths to appoint new director

Woolworths Ltd this week announced its intention to appoint former Best & Less CEO Holly Kramer as a non-executive director. Ms Kramer has agreed to join the board in the first half of...

Woolworths launches Christmas campaign

The retailer’s 2015 Christmas campaign launched on November 15 and includes six TV ads featuring real Australians enjoying Christmas at home. The ‘Make it Famous’ campaign spotlights six Australian families serving up the...

Costco opens at Moorabbin

The latest Costco opened at Moorabbin, south-east of Melbourne, on Wednesday this week. This is the eighth Costco warehouse in Australia with at least two more slated to open in 2016. The Moorabbin...

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