Akubra CEO Natalie Culina attended the event last year.

This includes a double-digit percentage fall in profit before tax in the local market.

About 4 per cent of total small business restructures were in retail.

Queensland Police reported the incident on its website.

It comes months after Catch.com.au was shut down by Wesfarmers.

Nike Australia is also calling for the surfing retailer business to be wound up.

Retail vacancies are down both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year.

The new store will be surrounded by other leading retailers such as Zimmermann and SABA.

The future of the retail brand is now brighter too thanks to efforts by all staff.

This coincides with a reasonable growth projection for the jewellery market in New Zealand.

While there were no notable policies targeting retailers, much of the key aspects of interest are select cost-of-living measures. 

"The grim reality is 52,000 NSW businesses continue to be slugged with payroll tax," Business NSW CEO Daniel Hunter says.

Garment inflation in particular has lifted to 1.1 per cent in May, up from a 1.4 per cent deflation in March.

The retail group's share price has been gradually slipping since October 2021.

The latest range comes after R.M. Williams signed a multi-year partnership with Rugby Australia in 2022.

The amendments were passed in December 2024, with penalties set to come into effect this month.