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ASIC issues draft guidance on mandatory climate reporting
3 days ago · According to ASIC documents, entities that meet at least two of the following three criteria will be required to undertake mandatory reporting from January 1: a consolidated revenue of $500 million or more, a consolidated gross assets value of $1 billion or more, and/or at least 500 or more employees. Several fashion businesses in Australia ...
Technology Report: 2024 - Ragtrader
Fashion is riding a wave of technological advancement, but what is the real value of these emerging solutions? In Ragtrader’s Technology Report: 2024, catch a glimpse of the future with fashion-specific insights from scientific futurist Dr Catherine Ball.Learn what new revolutionary tools are being implemented at Aje, The Iconic and …
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3 days ago · Industry unites to combat retail crime. Six peak bodies are pushing out a campaign that has an estimated commercial value of $7 million. Read more. 7 Nov 2024.
Will the RBA cut the cash rate in December? - Ragtrader
4 days ago · 2 / 3 free articles left. Retailers are pleading for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to gift a Christmas rate cut to drive consumer spending in December, but the RBA indicates this won’t be likely. This week, the RBA held the cash rate steady at 4.35 per cent, despite inflation falling substantially since its peak in 2022.
Department stores drag on Aussie retail sales - Ragtrader
Oct 31, 2024 · Clothing footwear and accessories had an annual sales lift of 0.8 per cent in September, with household goods nudging up by just 0.03 per cent. Food led the charge with a $400 million boost to $14.495 billion, followed by a $200 million boost in other retailing to $5.74 billion. Month-on-month, the largest rise was noted in household goods.
Consumer confidence trended up before RBA rate pause
3 days ago · ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence has remained above the 2024 weekly average earlier this week, just before the RBA held the cash rate at 4.35 per cent on Tuesday this week. At a score of 86.5, the index has remained just above the mark of 85 for a third consecutive week – the first time this has happened since January 2023.
HanesBrands reveals economic green shoots in Australia
2 days ago · American-based fashion business HanesBrands has recorded a 1.3 per cent lift in international sales for the third quarter of FY24, buoyed by a market rightsizing in Australia. The global fashion business owns the Australian-born brands Bonds, Berlei and Voodoo, as well as other brands such as Sheridan and Jockey. Its international markets also ...
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Oct 16, 2024 · Myer poaches supply chain exec from Super Retail. 16 Oct 2024. Myer executive chair Olivia Wirth confirmed the new hire will commence his role in March 2025. Read more. 16 Oct 2024. Read more.
From the archives: How Ragtrader was born in the 1970s
Oct 29, 2024 · Fraser McEwing, the founder of Ragtrader, passed away over the weekend aged 86. In memory of the late legend’s incredible legacy, we revisit his article from 2012 on the birth of Ragtrader. The idea of Ragtrader popped into my troubled head in November 1971, as I sat in my office in Melbourne’s Flinders Lane, fuming – yet again.