Retail Panel: From Beychella to Woolies IT crash!

How many supermarket chains are too many

Every Thursday, our CEO Dominique Lamb and a panel of retail experts discuss retail’s hottest topics on ABC Radio. Below are some insights from last Thursday’s discussion. Black Milk prepared for the effects of Beyonce’s Coachella performance Black Milk is a Brisbane-based label that had humble beginnings in 2009 as James Lillis started sewing leggings […]

The Retail Panel discuss the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility

Every Thursday, our CEO Dominique Lamb, and a panel of retail experts discussed the future of Australia’s grocery industry on ABC Radio. Below are some insights from last Thursday’s discussion. Retail Corporate Social Responsibility Apple has been listening to feedback from their employees and is advocating for gender equality within their ranks. The company has […]

The Retail Panel: How is the grocery industry evolving in 2018?

Last Thursday, our CEO Dominique Lamb, and a panel of retail experts discussed the future of Australia’s grocery industry on ABC Radio. Below are some insights from the discussion. While the lower end of the grocery market dominated by Aldi, and Coles and Woolworths dominate the mainstream market, David Jones has seized the opportunity at […]

Safety step costs Coles $1 million

Coles

by Angela Szczepanski and Troy Wild, NRA Legal The ACT Supreme Court has ordered Coles to pay a former staff member over $1 million after she fell from a safety step she says she wasn’t trained to use. Nicole Harris suffered injuries to her right hip, right ankle, right knee and right shoulder when she […]

Bakery agreement balances the BOOT

by Ben Desir, Workplace Advisor, NRA Legal The Fair Work Commission has approved a franchise bakery’s enterprise agreement which cuts Sunday, public-holiday and late-night penalties in exchange for higher base pay, based on meeting the ‘Better Off Overall Test’ (BOOT). The agreement covers 232 Beechworth Bakery workers at six sites across Victoria and NSW, and […]

Success for our graduating Gold Coast students

Gold Coast graduates Nov2016

GOLD COAST – SIR20212 Certificate in Retail Services September 2016 intake The NRA Retail Training Centre is delighted to announce that the latest cohort of students on the Gold Coast have received positive results with immediate job outcomes for more than half of the graduates. The NRA, Coles Supermarkets and Help Enterprises have just completed one […]

Gold Coast Students Ready for Retail

On the 13/09/16 the NRA Training Division commenced a Ready for Retail program at Broadbeach Surf Lifesaving Club on the Gold Coast, with ocean views and daily visits from passing dolphins and whales. The NRA has once again partnered with Coles to give a group of students with disabilities, real life experience and enhanced opportunities […]

Top 5 Influential Brands Named

Independent market research company, Ipsos has released the Top 5 Most Influential Brands study, based on an online survey of over 2,000 Australian adults using the Ipsos panel in late 2015, which highlights the brands that are in the forefront of consumers’ minds. Global tech giants Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Apple unsurprisingly dominated the local brands […]

Message from the CEO: 13 June 2016

In last week’s column I expressed some views concerning the recent decision handed down by Fair Work Australia to award a 2.4 per cent increase to the minimum wage. A lot has been written about the margin that was included in this increase on top of the actual rate of inflation. The decision seemed to imply that businesses […]