Australia

Amazon raises western Australia footprint by 60%

Amazon raises western Australia footprint by 60%

The company will be opening a new fulfilment centre to meet growing customer demand. 

Australia’s retail sales up 0.4% in March

This is higher than the 0.2% increase in the previous month. 

Australians prefer in-store retail due to digital shopping fatigue

Around 3 in 5 Australians want in-store retail therapy.

IKEA owner buys 195MW solar parks in Australia

The three solar parks can generate 340GWh of electricity.

Retail sales in Australia remain flat in February

It rose by 0.2% in February, following a 1.8% growth in the previous month. 

Retail volumes in Australia dip by 0.2% in Q4

This breaks four consecutive months of growth.

Lotte wins bid to operate in Australia's Melbourne Airport

Lotte Duty Free will open a duty-free store in the airport on 1 June.

Australia’s retail sales slip nearly 4% in December

This breaks 11 consecutive months of growth. 

Australian make-up sector to grow 4.6% annually to 2026: GlobalData

The Australian per capita expenditure on make-up reached $15.2 in 2021.

Food delivery sector must modernise after delivery aggregator exits Australia: report

Delivery aggregators have been grappling with driver shortages and rising inflations.

Australia retail trade up 12.5% YoY in October 2022

However, it declined by 0.2% month-on-month.

Deliveroo’s Australian exit raises need to modernise food delivery

Deliveroo recently announced it will stop operations in Australia. 

Deliveroo exits ‘highly competitive’ Australian market 

In the first half, Australian businesses only accounted for 3%  of Deliveroo’s GTV. 

Retail turnover in Australia inches up in September

It went up by 0.6%, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported. 

Around 200,000 more Australian consumers shopped online in H1 2022: report

Nearly 84% of consumers have used online shopping platforms in the past six months.