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Reimagining the future of retail
How the structural shifts in consumer behaviour are changing the way we shop and pay.
Why global expansion makes most sense now for Afterpay
Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar lays out the company's expansion ambitions in this edited transcript of an interview by James Daggar-Nickson at the Financial Review Retail Summit.
The brutal truth is that Australia is not growing
The message from the AFR Virtual Retail Summit is that weathering tough conditions ahead requires removing pointless handicaps to growth.
Retail union open to simplifying enterprise bargaining
The SDA has flagged support for simplifying the agreement system, saying weight should be given to majority worker support over technical procedural issues.
Afterpay, Tencent plot expansion as Gen Z shuns credit
Afterpay is deepening its relationship with Chinese giant Tencent to capitalise on a dramatic shift away from credit cards by Millennial and Gen-Z customers.
June 2020
Watch our special edition virtual summit Retail: Through the Crisis
Our virtual summit Retail: Through the Crisis convened industry leaders and key stakeholders to explore policy options for a strong retail recovery.
Retailers reject landlords' plan for a cut of online sales
The Australian Retailers Association has rejected a suggestion by Vicinity Centres that future rents include a variable portion based on online sales.
'Everyone is going for it': COVID creates a new online shopper
As consumers cocooned themselves in their homes amid the COVID-19 crisis, online shopping surged bringing much needed cash for retailers, who said a new generation of shopper was born.
Post COVID supply chains are 'just in case' not 'just in time'
Officeworks' managing director Sarah Hunter said the coronavirus pandemic meant the retailer was ordering stock 'just in case', a big change from 'just in time' supply chains of the past.
Online the new frontier in retail's rent debate
There remains a power balance between landlords and retailers, but they'll need to work together to find a way forward in a post-COVID world.
'Off a cliff': Wesfarmers boss urges growth stimulus
Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott has called for more pump priming to help support the retail sector amid growing fears sales will fall off a cliff after September.
Cash warns banks to reduce 'tap and go' fees
Senator Michaelia Cash has written to ABA CEO Anna Bligh to express the government's support for "least-cost routing" to put more payments to the Eftpos network.
Retail: Through the Crisis - a special edition virtual summit
The Australian Financial Review's virtual summit Retail: Through the Crisis unites industry leaders to explore policy options for a strong retail recovery.
