Industries

Dessert retailer Nuts About Tella has appointed voluntary administrators, amid continuing difficulty for food operators.

"So if Kmart has less branded toys, Target has fewer toy orders on layby, and Toys 'R' Us warehouses and stores are empty. Where are all the toys?"

Businesses playing music in their stores, cafes or restaurants will need to move over to a new system in the coming months as concern over costs builds.

Gerry Harvey says a "sum total of an awful lot of things" are weighing on the retail sector in the lead up to Christmas.

Concern is building that new GST laws designed to level the tax playing field for local businesses are being shirked by international retailers.

Investment firm Alceon Group has added another notch to its retail belt by buying Pumpkin Patch as part of ongoing consolidation in the fashion industry.

An outpouring of support for collapsed menswear brand Roger David has seen sales skyrocket, prompting potential buyers to take another look.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced action against a Crust franchisee, alleging it paid international workers less than Australian colleagues.

The widely held belief supermarkets are hurting dairy and drought-stricken farmers by driving down the price of milk is incorrect.

The Party People is preparing to open more bricks-and-mortar stores and is trialling scan-and-go technology to keep up in the retail game.

Receivers have been appointed to Max Brenner assets after a proposal to save the business fell through in spectacular fashion last Friday.

The fall of veteran menswear retailer Roger David says a fair bit about the current state of retail, and what Christmas trade might look like.