It's not looking good for the Australian retail sector as numbers slip back towards GFC levels of growth.
Australia’s shop keepers are about to record one of their worst years ever. That’s the dismal message from the Australian Bureau of Statistics in this month’s report on retail trade.
To a significant extent, however, the retailers have themselves to blame.
Standing in the hollowed-out carcass of a dying mall, Crikey's writer-at-large catches a glimpse of the transience of modern life.
How shopping centres came to reflect the generation gap
Hordes of young people, often overseas visitors, walk around Chadstone as though it’s the Viennese memory that father of the shopping mall Victor Gruen intended.
Trouble in strawberry fields: needles cause further pain for struggling farmers
Some farmers may fear the needle attack could stop consumers buying strawberries, but the contamination crisis is unlikely to make a major on impact growers’ woes.
Amazon block is an act of contempt by corporate elites and their political lackeys
Consumers are the losers when powerful interests convince governments to protect them from competition. Look no further than Amazon's geoblocking of Australia.
Scenes from a wage case
Retailers, apparently oblivious to irony or self-preservation, want wages cut because people aren't spending much in shops.
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