industry news

State Senator Starts Push for Soda Tax in Illinois

23 February 2014

February 19, 2014 NACS Online The new proposal would tack on a penny-per-ounce tax on sugared drinks. ​SPRINGFIELD – A…

Read More >

Dud tax proves nanny does not know best

23 February 2014

AARON LANE FEBRUARY 20, 2014 THE AUSTRALIAN THE nanny state’s experiment with behavioural taxation has failed. Such taxes are causing…

Read More >

Wesfarmers is now a retailer, and CEO and boards should face up to that

23 February 2014

TERRY MCCRANN FEBRUARY 19, 2014 HERALD SUN WHEN relatively new Wesfarmers CEO Richard Goyder decided to turn Melbourne retail entrepreneur…

Read More >

Supermarket competition set to heat up, says Wesfarmers' Richard Goyder

23 February 2014

Max Mason February 20, 2014 The Age Competition in the supermarket sector is tough and will only get more competitive…

Read More >

Going Up Against ‘Big Food’

23 February 2014

February 20, 2014 NACS Online A law firm believes it has a case against “Big Food” to recover obesity and…

Read More >

Consumers Looking Beyond Supermarkets for Groceries

23 February 2014

February 20, 2014 NACS Online Seventy-seven percent of Millennials, Gen X and Baby Boomers bought groceries from a non-grocery outlet…

Read More >

Are Consumers Satisfied With 7-Eleven’s Fresh-Food Offering?

23 February 2014

February 19, 2014 CSNews DALLAS — Perhaps nowhere is 7-Eleven Inc.’s innovative spirit demonstrated more clearly than in the chain’s…

Read More >

Award wage deals will be more flexible

23 February 2014

FEBRUARY 21, 2014 THE AUSTRALIAN THE Productivity Commission will be given wide-ranging powers to recommend sweeping workplace changes, including giving…

Read More >

Retail lift drives 10 per cent hike in Wesfarmers profit

23 February 2014

MITCHELL NEEMS FEBRUARY 19, 2014 BUSINESS SPECTATOR WESFARMERS has lifted its interim profit by more than 10 per cent, driven…

Read More >

Shell strikes $2.9 billion deal to sell Geelong refinery and 870 petrol stations

23 February 2014

JOHN DAGGE FEBRUARY 21, 2014 HERALD SUN Shell has sold its Geelong refinery as part of a $2.9 billion deal.…

Read More >

Innovation Seminar Invitation – free for AACS Members

18 February 2014

RMIT University Melbourne On Tuesday 25th of February we have a visitor from the USA who will be presenting a…

Read More >

PLAIN PACKAGING: NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON RETAILERS PLAIN TO SEE

17 February 2014

MEDIA RELEASE 11 February 2014 As the New Zealand Parliament debates the merits of plain packaging for tobacco products, the…

Read More >

trusted by

our members

Diamond and Emerald Members

Retail Members

Subscribe to our free mailing list and always be the first to receive the latest news and updates.