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Abuse by customers is at record levels, and retail workers aren’t buying it

With levels of retail staff abuse by customers not easing despite the end of lockdowns and restrictions, experts are calling out for help.

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Valentine’s Day: Retailers weigh romance against economic pressures

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and consumers are tipped to spend almost half a billion dollars, despite the cost of living crisis.

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Aussies spend record amount at Christmas

Christmas and Boxing Day sales have hit record amounts and growth with Australians rewarding themselves after a tough year.

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Billions spent on unwanted Christmas gifts

It's not easy to choose the right gift, with up to $3 billion worth of Christmas presents likely to be returned to the seller this year.

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Retailers prepare for $23.5 billion in sales as shoppers enjoy Boxing Day after restrictions ease

For the first time in two years, Australians enjoy their first Boxing Day sales without COVID-19 restrictions.

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Aussies seek bargains in post-Xmas sales

Shoppers are predicted to spend record amounts in the summer sales with clothing, hospitality and household goods expected to be the most popular categories.

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Post-Christmas Boxing Day sales forecast to reach record $23.5 billion

Australian shoppers are expected to spend a record $23.5 billion during the Boxing Day sales period — an increase of 7.9 per cent on last year.

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Boxing Day shoppers ready to smash records

Boxing Day spending is expected to reach record heights as shoppers look to snap up bargains, despite financially challenging times.

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Running out of ideas? Oprah’s annual Christmas shopping list offers some sweet surprises

Running out of ideas for Christmas gifts? US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has released her 2022 favourite things to buy family and friends.

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Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales set to top $6b, as consumers shrug off soaring inflation

Australians are expected to add to last year's $6 billion spend in the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, even with inflation at a 30-year high.

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Black Friday in Australia is a spending frenzy. With the rising cost of living, will this year be different?

It's the final countdown to the consumer event of the year — Black Friday — a November sales spectacular imported from the US, and growing in popularity in Australia.

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Interest rate rises lead to second job surge

The squeeze on Australian families has prompted more people to look to second jobs to claw back the cash they are paying in higher bills.

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Spending bonanza to carry Christmas before ‘wiser wallets’ in 2023

Australians are shrugging off the soaring cost of living and heading to the shops in droves ahead of the Christmas holidays.

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Australians are increasingly embracing Halloween. Here’s why

Australians are embracing the spooky season, with consumers set to spend hundreds of millions on this year's Halloween celebrations.

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Coalition, Labor say low risk of recession

The Labor government and federal opposition believe Australia's economic fundamentals are strong, but there are headwinds coming from overseas.

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Isolation period cut, with calls for Albanese to further ease COVID-19 rules

National cabinet will cut the COVID-19 isolation period from seven to five days as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces calls to ease more restrictions.

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Put teens to work to fill gaps: retailers

The head of Australia's peak retail body wants nationally consistent guidelines for minimum worker ages to allow businesses to employ more 13- to 15-year-olds.

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Rising inflation dents Father's Day spend

Australians are spending less on Father's Day gifts this year as cost of living pressures mount, a peak retail body says.

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Rising inflation dents Father’s Day spend

Australians are spending less on Father’s Day gifts this year as cost of living pressures mount, a peak retail body says.

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Mongolian foreign workers arrive in Australia as country grapples with record-high job vacancies

Two Mongolian nationals arrive in Brisbane on a working holiday in an Australian first, as industry bodies call for increased government support to incentivise international workers to fill dire labour shortfalls.

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Record high business costs pushing up prices, eroding operator and consumer confidence

Small businesses are struggling with record high costs while trying to remain competitive, as consumer confidence falls in response to inflation and rising interest rates.

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Jobless rate holds at 3.9 pct in April

The unemployment rate remained at 3.9 per cent in April after the Australian Bureau of Statistics downwardly revised the March result from four per cent.

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Retailers enjoy buoyant sales in April

Retailers enjoyed a buoyant sales period during April compared to a year earlier, but ballooning inflation is eating into business operations.

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Spoiling Australia’s mums to cost $750m

The Australian Retailers Association says a survey of more than 1100 adults indicates in excess of $750 million will be spent on Mother’s Day gifts this year.

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Spoiling Australia's mums to cost $750m

The Australian Retailers Association says a survey of more than 1100 adults indicates in excess of $750 million will be spent on Mother's Day gifts this year.

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