Retail education has become more flexible and more accessible to meet the training needs of everyone from entry level to senior retail executive to business owner.

A massive retail, entertainment and motorsport complex planned for south-east Queensland is one step closer with the signing of an agreement between i-Mett Queensland Group and Europe’s Grandprixone.

Retail businesses would be very lucky at the moment to have a wide choice of prospective staff. Advertising and sourcing has to be highly competitive with other local businesses, the big money offered by the mining industry and the perceived comfort and status of high profile industries.

Why fashion retailers are using professional training to turn sales staff into stylists.

Despite an increased awareness among employers of risks associated with workplace fraud, a lack of action has left most exposed to significant economic loss from fraud, according to a leading employment law specialist.

Sometimes it seems like you get one fleeting dance across the shopfloor and then it’s all over. Learn from the best how to fine-tune your repertoire of staff retention strategies and lower staff turnover for good...

Remuneration incentive programs are moving down from the senior executive ranks and out of the traditional sales departments. More and more businesses are realising that the actual question is: can we do without them?

Encouraging mums to return to work after pregnancy will be absolutely crucial if Britain is to find the 2.1 million new entrants to the workforce required by 2020, according to Dormant Skills Untapped, a report released this week by City & Guilds.

Nearly two-thirds of the retailers who participated in the 2005 Trak Recruiting Salary survey said they found it more difficult to find suitable staff than the year before