Westfield locks retailers out of stores as national retail sales rise 3.3 per cent – ABC News

Hundreds of workers have been stranded after shopping mall giant Westfield locked non-rent-paying retailers, including Mosaic and Strandbags, out of their stores in a bitter rent dispute.
Key points:

• Scentre Group has locked down 129 Mosaic stores, and a number of Strandbags stores
• The closures are the latest flare-up of wider tensions between landlords and retail tenants over rent paid during coronavirus lockdowns
• The latest retail trade figures show sales rose 3.3 per…

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