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Visionaries and vocalists - 5 February 08


Almost bursting at the seams with movers and shakers who want to see the city evolve into the business capital it deserves to be, Perth has come of age and ready for change. A number of power players in business and urban planning have been instrumental in outlaying a long-term vision that will see...

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WA shoppers spread Christmas cheer - 5 February 08

WA Shoppers are tipped to have spent nearly $2.8 billion this Christmas.

Although final figures will not be available until early February, reports from retailers suggest that retail spending and consumer confidence have been maintained throughout December 2007 and into early January 2008.

It should come as little surprise that the tentacles of Western Australia's booming economy appear to have extended to the retail sector, wrapping themselves firmly around the cash register - much to the delight of many business owners.

The retail trend over the past few years has been extremely positive with the December 2007 forecast showing a 7.3 per cent increase - $189 million over the previous year's Christmas turnover.  Last December was a retail record with $2.6 billion in sales.

As expected with the holiday season, key items in demand included toys (especially the latest in Nintendo games, with the new Wii model completely sold out in WA), CD's and DVD's, and the ever-favourite Christmas gift lines such as perfume, cosmetics, jewellery and small appliances. Sporting and recreational items also featured high on the list, with household goods such as big screen plasma and LCD TV's in big demand. 

The sharp increase in gift voucher sales this year provided a fairly strong indicator as to which direction the ensuing post Christmas sales would take - attracting record crowds at many of the stores. 

Boxing Day was not only a huge success in Rockingham and Mandurah, but also for Fremantle, which benefited from a head-start in the sales frenzy by opening doors to cashed up consumers a full day before its metropolitan counterparts. Despite record crowds, long queues and the searing heat of December's hottest day in history, WA shoppers' Christmas spirit appeared to remain intact without any reports of 'shopper rage' incidents.

The Western Australian shoppers who were presented with outstanding bargains in the post Christmas sales responded with an outstanding retail spend - it seems this season's Christmas tune has been a hit all around for retailers and consumers alike!

BY WAYNE SPENCER
Director, Retail Traders Association

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Christmas Retail Trading Hours - 7 December


Sunday 9 December 2007Monday 10 December 2007Tuesday 11 December 2007Wednesday 12 December 2007Thursday 13 December 2007Friday 14 December 2007Saturday 15 December 2007 ------- 10.00am to 5.00pmNormal TradingNormal TradingNormal TradingNormal TradingNormal TradingNormal Trading &n...

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Small business: retail tenancy - 12 September 07


In June 2007, the Productivity Commission announced a national inquiry into the market for retail tenancy leases in Australia. The Inquiry was initiated by small business concerns that the market for retail leases contained distorted features which led to the exploitation of tenants. Landlords and...

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Singapore or Perth?


Stop-over or Shop-over? Is Perth at risk of by-pass by adventure-seeking travellers en route to the Eastern States? Singapore is a popular tourist destination in its own right, but it's also a competitor of ours in the quest to secure lucrative stop-over traffic from Europe. Like Perth, it's a gat...

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If I'm the best looking thing in your house - you need help! - 6 July 07


Tony Sadler: 30 years of brazen ties and booming business! He's the guy most of us associate with the crazy, garish ties; a marketing gimmick dreamt up by his son who told his Dad he had to come up with something different to capture people's attention. Well he certainly did that! The man who boun...

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Retail award comes under union scrutiny


The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association of WA has applied to broaden the award’s scope by inserting industry groupings. The union wants the award to apply to employees in those named industries who are employed under the award’s classifications. The union is also seeking to have empl...

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Trading hours reform derailed


Free enterprise in WA in a political void CCI has expressed concern that Western Australia appears to no longer have a political party which represents the principles of free enterprise. The view, discussed at the June meeting of the Board of CCI, has arisen over a continuing shift by the State Parl...

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