National Retail Review: 18 April 2017 --- Internationals enter market; Changes to tax reporting; Fast food penalty rates; Enterprise agreements...

Message from the CEO Dominique Lamb

Dear <<First Name>>,

In recent months a number of Australian newspapers and blogs have been identifying international companies that are looking to enter the Australian retail market.

Retail giant Amazon is expected to open their doors on Australian soil sometime later this year.

The Australian Financial Review has published a number of articles since November 2016 relating to the American company sourcing warehouses, local suppliers and distributors within most states and territories.

At this stage it is believed that Amazon will be up and running within the Australian retail market by September 2017.

Lidl, a German discount super store and chief rival of Aldi, is also said to enter the Australian retail sector this year.

While the company has not made any official statement regarding their move into our market, they have started applying for thousands of trademarks within Australia, increasing speculation... Read more >>

Dominique Lamb, CEO

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Industry news & updates

Important changes to tax reporting
The ATO is helping businesses transition to Single Touch Payroll (STP) as the new system becomes compulsory for businesses with 20+ employees by July 2018. You can start to use STP this year... read more >>

Fast Food night-time penalty rates
The deadline for introduction of the new evening and late night loadings to the Fast Food Industry Award has been shifted to 1 July (instead of 27 March). These changes include the 10% evening penalty ... read more >>

VIC Govt launches WorkHealth
The Andrews Victorian government has unveiled its new program and online platform, WorkHealth, aimed at assisting employers in managing mental health in the workplace... read more >>

Enterprise Agreements: New NERR
In February this year, the Turnbull Government quietly issued the Fair Work Amendment (Notice of Employee Representational Rights) Regulations 2017. Here's what you need to know... read more >>

Makeovers for precincts & dept stores
The MacArthur Central Shopping Centre in Brisbane's CBD and David Jones in Sydney join the list of department stores and shopping precincts getting makeovers to cope with consumer trends... read more >>

Upcoming Events

QUT Business Breakfast
BRIS 27 APR: Dominique Lamb and Gary Mortimer will join with fellow retailers to discuss the key disruptive trends and threats in the retail landscape as well as potential solutions. FREE EVENT... read more >>

Seamless Expo
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