ARA Retail News
12 Ways to Christmas #12: A potential multi-billion dollar boost – a shining light for small business recovery
December 2, 2021
Shop Small, Shop Local The ARA has partnered with American Express to support Australian small businesses. Their latest campaign, Shop Small, urges shoppers to do their Christmas shopping with...
3 Safety Tips for Retailers this Holiday Season
December 2, 2021
As Australians begin to unwind for holiday season, retailers and hospitality teams are ramping up operations and bringing on new staff to help with the influx of customers. We also know health and...
12 Ways to Christmas #11: Insights into Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales
November 24, 2021
Australian retailers can look forward to a sales frenzy over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping period, with a record $5.4 billion predicted to be spent in stores and online according to...
12 Ways to Christmas #10: Driving customers through your door
November 17, 2021
As CBDs across the country ignite with the festive spirit, some also coming back to life post-lockdowns, we can expect more people to be driving into our cities. Retailers have an opportunity...
Protecting employees and our customers in the changing landscape of retail operations in a post pandemic world
November 12, 2021
The past two years have seen an unprecedented array of new challenges to many retailers leading to a lot of uncertainty about how to navigate return to work operations. Many retailers have...
12 Ways to Christmas #9: How Australians will shop this festive season
November 10, 2021
Christmas is literally coming early this year! The festive season is always important for retailers – and this year, after on-again, off-again lockdowns and lingering uncertainty, it’s arguably...
Retailers urged to rethink safe work procedures
November 9, 2021
Retailers are urged to rethink their approach to safe work procedures following the prosecution of a Victorian retailer last month.
12 Ways to Christmas #8: Promote your Christmas trading hours
November 5, 2021
Many stores are required to alter their business-as-usual trading hours to accommodate for the upcoming public holidays. It is important to understand each state's rules and regulations depending...
12 Ways to Christmas #7: Retail spending insights
October 27, 2021
This week, we reveal the expected Christmas retail sales results in partnership with Roy Morgan.
Member Briefing – What to expect from COP26
October 25, 2021
The impacts of climate change have become all too apparent for many of us in recent years, including severe storms and floods, devastating droughts and catastrophic bush fires. In Europe and Asia...
12 Ways to Christmas #6: 12 resources to help your business manage a successful eCommerce Christmas peak
October 22, 2021
Shopping online has become a necessity for millions of people around the country – over 9.2 million Aussie households in the last 12 months to be exact1
12 Ways to Christmas #5: No Cookies for Christmas
October 13, 2021
As retailers transition from pandemic to post-pandemic, we are seeing changes in the online world regarding the phase out of third-party cookies which will impact the data strategies for...
Burn-out: A Health & Safety Issue
October 6, 2021
There’s a common misconception that burn-out is a problem to be solved by the individual through mindfulness, yoga, breathing techniques and the like.
12 Ways to Christmas #4: Purposeful giving in challenging times
October 6, 2021
Christmas is fast approaching and retailers have the opportunity to bring customers, staff and the broader community on the journey of helping Australians who are doing it tough.
12 Ways to Christmas #3: Your guide to reopening for Christmas
September 30, 2021
The ARA is pleased to share our annual '12 Ways to Christmas' campaign, to help members plan for the busy seasonal shopping period. We’re working with our partners and a team of experts to bring...
12 Ways to Christmas #2: 2021 Christmas Campaign Tips
September 22, 2021
All around the country, retailers are currently putting the finishing touches on their Christmas campaigns – some will soon be welcoming customers back to their stores for the first time in months.
12 Ways to Christmas #1: Australians set to spend over $11 billion on gifts
September 16, 2021
Australians are set to spend over $11 billion on Christmas presents this year, with a significant proportion to come from online sales, as toys, jigsaw puzzles and boardgames top the list of most...
The Retail Cyber Risk Landscape
September 15, 2021
Written by Marsh Pty Ltd The retail industry is undergoing a significant transformation, as technological innovation drives change and alters the way retailers manage their operations and interact...
Mental health resources for members
September 9, 2021
In a recent survey about what is most important to our members, mental health impacts and support ranked in the top-five priorities, along with rebuilding in-store sales and growing online sales.
Fathers Day 2021: What's the best advice from your Dad?
September 3, 2021
This weekend, Sunday 5 September, we celebrate Father’s Day. For many of us, Father's Day will be a very different celebration to previous years due to lockdowns and border closures currently...