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Trade Partner Information
To assist our vendors with the supply and ranging of products a number of documents have been supplied below:
- Procurement
- Vendor Compliance Manuals
- Mandatory Safety Standards By Law
- Test Specification & Requirement Manual
- China - Australia Fair Trade Agreement (CHAFTA) Letter & Certificate
- Photography Style Guides
- Fabric Identification Label Style Guide
- Brand Style Guides
- Yarn Packaging Guides
- Media Buying
- Forwarder Contact Information
- Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) Resources
Procurement
All Spotlight Australia procurement is undertaken via our procurement and buying teams from our head office in South Melbourne, Australia. Our Store Teams have no authority to bind Spotlight as such unsolicited procurement or supply offers are not welcome.
Vendor Compliance Manual
To download the Vendor Compliance Manual, please follow the links below:
Vendor Compliance Manual - Local Vendor Cross Dock Requirements v12 March 2021
Vendor Compliance Manual - Local Vendor Non Cross Dock Requirments v14 March 2021
Vendor Compliance Manual - Overseas Vendor Requirements v13 Dec 2020
Vendor Compliance Manual - Dress & Quilting Fabrics Packaging Guide May 2016
Vendor Compliance Manual - Fabric Packaging Guide March 2021
Mandatory Safety Standards By Law
Spotlight sells a range of products which are subject to mandatory standards. If you’re not sure whether any of the products you sell fall under a mandatory standard, please check out the current list here:
https://www.productsafety.gov.au/product-safety-laws/safety-standards-bans/mandatory-standards
All Vendors and required to completed a Checklist for any product supplied to us that is subject to a mandatory standard. A new checklist should be completed if the product is updated or on a periodic basis if the product remains the same for a number of years. All checklists are to be sent to the relevant Buyer for confirmation. Please see the Mandatory Safety Standards checklists below:
- Supplier Verification for Baby Bath Aids (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Baby Dummies (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Baby Walkers (AU & NZ)
- Supplier Verification for Balloon Blowing Kits (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Bean Bags (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Button Batteries (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Button Battery Powered Devices (AU & NZ)
- Supplier Verification for Candles and Candleholders (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Care & Fibre Labelling (AU & NZ)
- Supplier Verification for Children's Nightwear (AU & NZ)
- Supplier Verification for Corded Internal Window Coverings (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Cosmetics & Toiletries
- Supplier Verification for Cots - Household (AU & NZ)
- Supplier Verification for Cots - Folding / Portable (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Crayons
- Supplier Verification for Elastic Luggage Straps (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Finger Paints
- Supplier Verification for Flotation and Swimming Aids (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Furniture Tip-Over
- Supplier Verification for Hot Water Bottles (AU & NZ)
- Supplier Verification for Paper Patterns for Children's Nightwear
- Supplier Verification for Portable Pools (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Prams and Strollers (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Stationery Sets
- Supplier Verification for Sunglasses and Fashion Spectacles (AU)
- Supplier Verification for Toys (AU & NZ)
Spotlight Test Specification & Requirement Manual
To download the Spotlight Test Specification & Requirement Manual, please follow the link below:
Spotlight Test Specification & Requirements Manual
China - Australia Fair Trade Agreement (CHAFTA) Letter & Certificate
To download the Spotlight CHAFTA Letter & Certificate Sample, please follow the link below:
China - Australia Fair Trade Agreement (CHAFTA) Letter & Certificate Sample - November 2020
Photography Style Guides
These guides outline Spotlight's specific requirements in terms of product photography.
We ask Vendors to follow the guide closely as images supplied to Spotlight not meeting our standards & requirements will be rejected.
If you have any queries please contact the Spotlight Buying Team.
Dress and Sew Fabrics, Ribbon, Tim and Elastic v1.0 April 2016
Home Decor Photography Style Guide v1.0 November 2020
Kitchen & Dining Photography Style Guide v1.0 November 2020
KOO eCommerce Photography Style Guide v1.0 Manchester QCS 2021
Manchester Photography Style Guide v1.0 November 2020
Fabric Identification Label Style Guide
To download the Spotlight Fabric Identification Label Style Guide, please follow the link below:
Fabric Identification Label Style Guide - v2.0 - August 2021
Brand Style Guides
To download the style guides for each brand, please follow the links below:
- Art Saver Style Guide - May 2021
- Brampton House Style Guide - March 2020
- Club House Style Guide - May 2021
- Crafters Choice Style Guide - April 2021
- Crafters Choice Brand Logos
- Culinary & Co Style Guide - 2022
- Emerald Hill Style Guide - May 2020
- Emerald Hill Brand Logos & Examples
- Ever Rest Style Guide - March 2020
- Francheville Style Guide - April 2021
- Jolly & Joy Style Guide - Updated 2023
- Party Style Guide - Happy Easter - 2020
- KOO Style Guide - Dec 2020
- KOO Elite Style Guide - Dec 2020
- Living Space Style Guide - Dec 2020
- Maria George Style Guide - 2022
- Mode Home Style Guide - Dec 2020
- Prima Brand Style Guide - April 2021
- Semco Style Guide - Jan 2021
- Spooky Hollow Style Guide - 2021
YARN PACKAGING GUIDES
Media Buying
Spotlight chooses to buy all its media through PHD Media Australia.
SRG Forwarder Contact Information
To download the SRG Forwarder Contact Information, please follow the link below:
SRG Forwarder Contact Details - November 2020
Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) Resources
About APCO – Membership & Fees Overview
- About APCO & How to Join
- APCO Member Fee Schedule
- Packaging Manufacturers and Suppliers Toolkit
- The Role of Packaging
2025 Targets
- Action Plan for Problematic and Unnecessary Single-Use Plastic Packaging
- Australia and New Zealand Single-Use Plastic Bans
- Calculating Average Recycled Content
- Considerations for Compostable Packaging
- Recycled Content Guide
- Scaling Up Reusable Packaging
Sustainable Packaging Guidelines (SPGs)
Quick Start Guides
- Design for Recovery; Reuse, Recycling or Composting
- Designing for Recyclability; Consumer Soft Plastic Packaging
- Designing for Recyclability; Fibre-Based Packaging
- Designing for Recyclability; Glass Packaging
- Designing for Recyclability; HDPE Packaging
- Designing for Recyclability; PET Packaging
- Designing for Recyclability; PP Packaging
- Labelling for Recovery
- Phase Out of Business-to-Consumer EPS
Australasian Recycling Logo (ARL) & Packaging Recyclability Evaluation Portal (PREP)
