Fluffy hooded blankets,personalised coffee cups and electronics are among the items Australians are tipped to buy this festive season as retailers prepare for record Christmas spending spree.
The owner of Supercheap Auto,Rebel Sport,BCF and Macpac is pumping more money into beefing up its digital capabilities.
Australians buying up camping,fishing,and hiking gear has fuelled a massive jump in sales for the first two months of the new financial year at Super Retail Group.
Retail giant Wesfarmers appears to be one of the only major retailers lobbying the Victorian government for an exemption to its retail trading ban.
Australians itching to get outside in June after months of lockdown have helped outdoors and automotive retailer Super Retail Group supercharge its sales.
Outdoors and auto retailer Super Retail Group will raise $203 million to beef up its online capabilities and lock in distribution deals with international sports brands.
The ASX-listed group told investors on Thursday it had'no choice'but to temporarily close all of its retail stores until April 22.
Retailers have disclosed staff underpayments of more than $381 million over the last six months. They're pinning it on mis-configured software,but who's really to blame?
Incorrectly configured payroll software also frequently leads to overpayments of workers which are not clawed back by companies,retailers claim.
The owner of Rebel and Supercheap Auto has become the third major company to reveal wage errors over the past three days,as it unveiled an additional $8m in underpayments.
The owner of Rebel Sport and Supercheap Auto has been thwacked with a 20 per cent drop in profits after costs to remediate staff underpayments,bushfires and drought ravaged the business.