Understanding Australia’s Business and Consumer Environment: A Guide for Successful Business Down Under

Author Picture By: Euromonitor Research 05/21/2013

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How will Australia’s economy, business environment and consumer trends impact the success of your business? This e-book examines the fundamentals businesses must understand to successfully expand or operate in Australia.

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Heralded as the success story among advanced economies
for weathering the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, Australia’s high
income levels and steady growth offer good opportunities for consumer goods and
services in a wide range of sectors.

Key Findings:

  • At the height of the global slowdown, advanced economies as a
    whole contracted by 3.5% – contrasting with Australia’s 1.4% growth.
  • Whereas incomes and consumer expenditure have stagnated across
    many advanced economies, Australia’s per capita disposable income and
    expenditure have expanded by 9.8% and 3.5% respectively in real terms
    since 2008.
  • In 2012, Australia was ranked 15 out of 183 economies on the
    World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index, meaning it is the fifteenth
    easiest place in the world to start and operate a local firm.
  • Australia has an educated population: 99.9% of adults (those
    aged 15+) were literate in 2011, but suffers from skills shortages.
  • In 2011, the population aged 45-49 in Australia had the
    highest average gross income: A$77,810 (US$80,259).
Topics include:
  • Ease of doing business rating
  • Corruption index
  • Literacy rate
  • Future challenges
  • Natural resources
  • Media consumption
  • Consumer trends
  • More

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