Retailers are now calling on the Federal Government to crack on with its productivity agenda to kickstart the economy.

Approximately $1.5 billion was spent online during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, new data shows.

This comes amid ongoing back-end synergising between both retailers in recent years.

“This extension is part of our multi-key strategy in the Asia-Pacific markets," Chloé president and CEO Laurent Malecaze says.

The investment is intended to help drive up production from approximately 650,000 pairs a year.

This comes after $2 billion worth of backpay has been clawed back by the FWO across businesses in the last five years.

This is despite discretionary spending remaining under pressure, according to the chairman of Premier Investments.

The appeal will raise money for young people in remote communities who want to build careers in creative areas such as modelling.

Globally, Max Mara has over 470 stores.

“Discretionary spending surged this month," ABS head of business statistics Tom Lay says.

“We couldn’t imagine a better home for our next chapter,” co-founder Rachel Vasicek says.

This comes after Accent Group took over the local managing of the brand this year.

The sub-brand took five years to build.

The underwear brand is also expecting an EBITDA loss for the first half of FY26.

"The Bill proposes unprecedented access to commercially sensitive digital systems," ARA CEO Chris Rodwell says.

"I wanted to push low-rise denim into bold, unexpected territory,” Ksubi creative director Pip Edwards says.