“Retail is a University” by Peter James Ryan and Gerard Manion, celebrates retail as a career of first choice. It is a must read for mentors and HR professionals seeking aids to assist those they are guiding and retail employees looking for inspiration and a vision of what can be.

Part-time and casual staff are essential to the running of a successful retail store. However due to the seasonal nature of these staff and restrictions in training budgets, they are often the least prepared to serve customers, maintain safety standards and help reduce theft.

Retail eLearning involves the delivery of training over the Internet using text, video, audio and graphics. It enables retailers to cut costs, increase sales and customer basket value as well as improve staff retention and brand loyalty.

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Ecommerce solution provider Marketworks is sponsoring a free webinar on Tuesday, July 24 at 2pm EST.

Westfield Group is planning to build a $US750 million outdoor village between its Californian Topanga and Promenade malls.

Within 24 hours the face of retail as we know it, will change forever, and will continue to change every 24 hours thereafter and it has nothing to do with Wesfarmers, Coles or any other retailer or takeover bid.
It has everything to do with you.

Driving more profits with less investment sounds too good to be true, but if a retail business isn’t achieving exactly this over time, then it probably means it’s heading to go out of business altogether.

By Julian Josem

JB Hi-Fi will start selling mobile phones after signing an agreement with Telstra as its exclusive service and content provider partner.

The depleted private equity consortium considering buying Coles Group has asked the company for an extension of time in preparing its bid.

Three major new fashion names, Terry Biviano, Fleur Wood and Little Joe by Gail Elliot, have moved to The Strand Arcade, a Sydney CBD fashion destination.

Woolworths has teamed up with DVD rental company Quickflix to offer DVD rentals.

ARC International, Mikasa's parent company, has engaged Morgan Joseph & Co to oversee the sale of its premium brands Mikasa and Salviati.

The Westfield Group will raise $3 billion through an underwritten pro-rata issue of new securities.

US retailers look like they will boost the sales of Australian surf label Billabong.