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. 
						
					
					
				Australia’s retail sales rebound by 1.9% in January
																					
							This followed a 4% decline in December. 
						
					
					
				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. 
						
					
					
				Black Friday sales drive up Australia’s November retail turnover
																					
							Retail turnover climbed by 1.4% during the month.
						
					
					
				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.
						
					
					
				 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
						 
						 
				 
								 
								 
								 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
                