Posts tagged "christmas trading"

SmartCompany has put together a helpful state-by-state guide to the Christmas and New Year trading hours and restrictions for Australian businesses this year.

Making returns easier for customers might seem counterintuitive to increasing margins and maximising profits, but the reality is that if you’re easier to shop with, customers will buy more from you.

SmartCompany spoke with two small businesses to gauge how important this year’s Christmas trading will be for them.

The trends we are seeing can help retailers understand and prepare for the approaching Christmas trading season.

The dollars you spend with a small business really count at Christmas. Here are six ways to support small businesses this festive season.

Businesses are facing the Christmas crunch and while you’re likely flat out managing the expectations of customers, it still pays to get the…

    Australian shoppers are predicted to spend nearly A$47 billion this Christmas. But retailers have to work harder and harder to get sho…

Treasurer Joe Hockey called on shoppers this week to “not let Santa down” and asked them to spend up big at the stores this Christmas. U…

The retail industry may have suffered a huge setback in December with trade falling by 0.1%, seasonally adjusted, but insolvency experts say…

The chaos over Christmas holiday trading continues to escalate, with supermarkets warning the New South Wales Government that it will lose $…