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All organisations are grappling with the myriad of employee agreements and obligations that result in a wide variety of payments to their people.

We recently hosted a number of clients in our Melbourne office, where we assembled a panel of experts to unpack some of the challenges of workforce planning in the retail sector.

The Australian retail landscape is not only fascinating and dynamic, but highly prospective, with significant growth in the size of market forecast over the next five years.

We hosted a fascinating discussion this morning, between retail experts Luke Ritchie, Grant Thornton Partner, and Mark Scatena, Target’s General Manager of Strategy, Online and Supply Chain, as they shared a depth of insight with a number of our clients from across the industry.

The operation and effectiveness of the Franchising Code of Conduct wrap up: Top 10 themes in the final report

I recently attended the NRF Retail Big Show in New York, an overwhelming smorgasbord of retail technology and new store concepts.

Every year, we spend time interviewing our clients to better understand their business and the trends most impacting on them.

On Wednesday February 7th the Productivity Commission released its draft report into Competition in the Australian Financial System. The report, commissioned by Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, highlighted a number of areas in which the Commission believes that banking competition could be improved to benefit consumers and the wider economy.

The entry of Amazon in Australia in 2017 has provided strong impetus for traditional retailers to invest in their online supply chain capability.

Your retail baby is growing up. The retail world is changing. You aren’t as young as you used to be, but you aren’t ready to walk away.

There has been much media recently surrounding vacancy rates and the demise of local retailers, with rents of large shopping centres pushing smaller retailers out, and the larger centres and online retailers driving consumers away from the traditional high street retail strips.

In New South Wales the Roseberry/ Alexandria/Waterloo/Mascot area has become far more residential in the past five years, and this is due to people’s desire to live closer to the city and to transport hubs.