Economy

Ballooning wages bills, energy costs and insurance premiums are driving a pessimistic outlook for Australia’s retail businesses, promoting calls for the Government to put the cost-of-trading on the Federal Budget agenda. The National Retail Association today released its 2024 Retail Sentiment Report, which has revealed

Employment Hero’s latest SME Index, which draws from an expansive dataset of over 1.5 million employees and  150,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has uncovered a concerning trend: Australians are working longer hours for reduced wages, with small businesses bearing the brunt of the economic

Entering the new year, cost-of-living has been making headlines across Australia, in our households and within the halls of power alike. Every policymaker in the country, from parliamentarians to the Reserve Bank, seem to be throwing every tool in their war chest at the elusive

Bazaarvoice, Inc., the leading provider of full-funnel authentic user-generated content (UGC) solutions, has unveiled its biannual Shopper Preference Report, capturing insights from over 1,000 Australian consumers. The report reveals that Australia is a global leader when it comes to the return to office, seeing 71%

Consumer and competition issues in the supermarket sector and essential services including electricity and financial services are among the ACCC’s compliance and enforcement priorities for the year ahead, ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb announced today. “Our priorities continue to be shaped by the key challenges facing our

New data from Xero’s Small Business Index (XSBI), which provides a health check into the Australian small business economy, has revealed the biggest drop in small business performance in December since the beginning of the pandemic. An uncertain economic environment of high interest rates and persistent

More of us have been in paid work this past year than ever before. A big part of that is because more of us have been able to work from home than ever before. The proportion of Australians in paid work climbed above 64% in May last

There will be nervous executives all over Australia this week. Come Tuesday, large private sector organisations will have their company’s gender pay gaps published for the first time for all to see, name, and shame. As they brace for the fallout, let’s look at how