Retail & Wholesale

Our exten­sive expe­ri­ence spans crit­i­cal indus­tries such as gro­cery, food and bev­er­age, fash­ion and beau­ty, auto­mo­tive, appar­el, pet sup­plies, elec­tron­ics and agribusi­ness. We sup­port pri­ma­ry pro­duc­ers, man­u­fac­tur­ers, whole­salers, dis­trib­u­tors, and retailers.

We under­stand that some of the biggest chal­lenges you are fac­ing, which include: sup­ply chain issues, sup­pli­er con­tracts, employ­ment issues, automa­tion, cash flow, cyber threats, sus­tain­abil­i­ty and e‑Commerce.

By har­ness­ing our one-firm mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary exper­tise, we pro­vide com­pre­hen­sive advice on any legal issues encoun­tered by those in the retail and whole­sale dis­tri­b­u­tion sectors.

Use­ful links:

• Aus­tralian Retail­ers Association
• Com­pe­ti­tion and Con­sumer Act 2010
• Aus­tralian Con­sumer Law (ACL)
• Aus­tralian Pri­va­cy Act 1988
• Aus­tralian Pri­va­cy Principles
• Com­merce (Trade Descrip­tions) Reg­u­la­tion 2016
• Nation­al trade mea­sure­ment legislation
• Unit pric­ing code
• Food stan­dards code
• Manda­to­ry safe­ty standards
• Fran­chis­ing code of con­duct.

No mat­ter how rou­tine or com­plex the busi­ness issues you face, Mer­i­tas’ net­work of law firms is with you every step of the way. Mar­ket-lead­ing firms offer a full range of legal ser­vices, which enable you to do busi­ness any­where. Wise coun­sel and prac­ti­cal solu­tions are just a phone call or e‑mail away. Dis­cov­er the breadth and depth of the prac­tice and indus­try sec­tor capa­bil­i­ties avail­able to you through Meritas.

• Mer­i­tas Prac­tice + Indus­try Sectors