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Donating to Charity Replacing Traditional Gift Giving this Christmas

By: McCrindle

The first Tuesday after the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales is known as Giving Tuesday. In contrast to these mega sales events which encourage rapid consumerism, Giving Tuesday promotes an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season.
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Black Friday Gaining Recognition in Australia

By: McCrindle

Black Friday is the retail super-day popular in the U.S. and in 2019 it will take place on November 29. It is the day following the Thanksgiving public holiday and in some states, it is an additional holiday. All of this has combined to make it the unofficial start to the Christmas shopping season and the biggest single shopping day of the year. Read more

Australia’s Income and Wealth Distribution

By: McCrindle

The average household annual income is $116,584 and the national average household net wealth has tipped the million-dollar mark for the first time at $1,022,200, according to the ABS’ latest Survey of Income and Housing (2017-18).
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Food Insecurity In Australia? More Than 1 in 5 Aussies Have Not Had Enough To Eat.

By: McCrindle

Food insecurity is a growing social crisis in Australia despite being one of the world’s wealthiest countries. More than 1 in 5 Australians (21%) have experienced food insecurity in the last 12 months, meaning they ran out of food and were unable to buy more.
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Leading and Managing Thriving Teams

By: McCrindle

Recently our Team Leader of Communications Ashley Fell delivered a keynote presentation at The Future of Leadership in Australia and New Zealand on the topic of ‘Leading and managing thriving teams’.
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The future of events in the 2020’s

By: McCrindle

The events industry is a large contributor to the Australian (and global) economy. Engaging speakers, unique event experiences and the opportunity events provide for social connection are key drawcards for event attendees.
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Emerging Generation’s Recommended Screen-Time – It’s Less Than You Think

By: McCrindle

It is hard to refute the statement that we are now living in the great screenage.  Screen-based devices are now a regular part of our day to day lives and have a monumental impact on the emerging generations.
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A Focus On Holistic Education is #trending In Schools

By: McCrindle

As when, where and how we work shifts, greater attention is being given to the holistic upbringing of students in school.
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Australia’s Indian Community Experienced the Largest Growth in 2018

By: McCrindle

A recent data release from the ABS shows some interesting findings about Australia’s population and migration trends for the year ending 2018.
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Make way for Gen Alpha

By: McCrindle

The new generation of youngsters is Gen Alpha (see why we named them that, here). They are currently aged under 10 and are born between 2010 and 2024. They are the children of Gen Y, who are currently in their 20-30’s. There are 3 million Gen Alpha’s in Australia, who are now populating our primary schools.
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