HP Cuddles Up To Amazon While Undercutting Harvey Norman On Price
Hewlett Packard has given Harvey Norman the two-finger salute by snubbing the retailers request to not list on Amazon. Despite requests from... Read More
Can Harvey Norman Buy Branded Goods, Cheaper Than Amazon Some Doubt It
Harvey Norman boss Gerry Harvey believes Amazon are mad to launch into the Australian market “just weeks before” the peak Christmas, New... Read More
Best Buy On The Up After Amazon Battle, iPhone X Cost Them
A delay in the launch of the Apple iPhone X has cost US retailer Best Buy more than $80M, neither Harvey Norman... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Hisense Take On Toshiba TV Debt Current Suppliers Set To Stop Development Work
Chinese TV brand Hisense has not only acquired the Toshiba brand for US$114 million they are also set to take over the... Read More
Australians Prefer Online Shopping, Retail Vacancy Climbs
Latest findings from independent market research firm, Ipsos, has confirmed what most commentators already know – the rise in online shopping is... Read More
ANZ Opens Android Wallet
SYDNEY – More than two million customers from the ANZ Bank and eight credit unions will soon be able to make mobile... Read More
Mastercard Plans Oz Global Hub
SYDNEY – Mastercard is setting up a new global tech hub and “innovation centre” in the inner Sydney suburb of St Leonards... Read More
ACCC Gives Green Light For OfficeMax & COS Sale
The ACCC has given its blessing and decided not to oppose the proposed acquisition of OfficeMax by Complete Office Supplies (COS). Both OfficeMax... Read More
HP Ready To Roll With Amazon
Amazon is gradually rolling out products on its Australian website, and now the e-commerce giant has added a suite of consumer electronics,... Read More
ASA Wants Gerry Harvey Kicked Off Harvey Norman’s Board
The Australian Shareholders Association (ASA) has called for Harvey Norman’s Executive Chairman, Gerry Harvey, to be kicked off the retailer’s board, following... Read More
MS Doles Out Partner Gongs
SYDNEY – Microsoft has doled out gongs to a number of its Australian user groups at its annual Microsoft Summit, which opened... Read More
Bunnings Offloads Four Sites For Over $180M
Hardware giant, Bunnings, has sold four sites across Australia and New Zealand to CBRE Global Investors, for more than $180 million via... Read More
New Broadcast Message Capability For Google Voice
In what was a US feature only Google is now letting Australian users of their new Google Voice product do a broadcast message.... Read More
Smartphone Pay To Overtake Pay-Wave Cards, Says Cardmaker
SYDNEY – Forget your old pay-wave plastic bank card: increasingly Australians will instead be pay-waving their smartphones, according to Garry Lyons, chief... Read More
Supplier Terms War Looms As Amazon Gets Set To Launch
The issue of cashflow and better terms for suppliers could become a major issue for retailers next year as Amazon launches in... Read More
ACCC Targets Unfair Contracts
The ACCC is educating small businesses on the new unfair contract laws which will prevent bad or one-sided contracts given to... Read More
Amazon Will Force Oz Retailers To “Step Up”
Russell Zimmerman, Executive Director of the Australian Retailers Association, believes that Amazon will force Australian retailers to “step up”, while voicing his support... Read More
Nintendo Switch Sales Close To Surpassing Microsoft’s Xbox One
Nintendo has announced the shipping of over 25 million new Nintendo Switch Consoles between April 2018 and April 2019, meaning the Japanese... Read More
Amazon To Deliver 15 day Terms, Instant Access To Cashflow For Suppliers
Sellers in the Amazon Marketplace, are set to reap a cashflow bonanza with the big US retailer set to deliver terms significantly “Better”... Read More
Global Broadband Futures Conference Begins
Today, in Sydney NBN Co Chief Executive Officer, Bill Morrow will address the Global Broadband Futures Conference. The conference is uniting top... Read More
Current OZ Sellers Tip 15% Growth From Amazon Marketplace
Aussie-based Amazon sellers who already have products on the global website, are tipping a 15% increase in business when the site goes... Read More
Singles Day Rakes In $25bn Haul
SHANGHAI – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says its Singles’ Day sales extravaganza hit US$25.4 billion over the weekend, smashing its own record from... Read More
WeWork Spreads Down Under
MELBOURNE – US-based co-working space operator WeWork is looking to push deeper into the Australian market after opening its first Melbourne office. It... Read More
Gerry Harvey Takes A Swipe At Social Media “The Constitution Is A Joke” He Claims
Gerry Harvey the $2.3Billion dollar consumer electronics and appliances retailer, has taken a swipe at the rise of social media claiming that... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Tipped To Enter OZ Market With ‘0’ Margin Strategy
On Monday giant US Company Amazon will kick off their assault on the Australian market with a summit for 500 suppliers and... Read More
Virgin To Outflank Qantas With Internet-Equipped Flights To USA
SYDNEY– Virgin Australia is looking to get a jump on rival Qantas by offering inflight Internet on selected flights to Los Angeles... Read More
Kiwi Xero To List On ASX
SYDNEY – New Zealand-based accounting software flogger Xero – a major competitor for the Sydney-based MYOB – is planning to delist from... Read More
Investors Dump Snap
SAN FRANCISCO – Investors are throwing Snap shares overboard after the owner Snapchat reported slower than expected user growth. Wall Street saw... Read More
Online Xmas Sales To Hit $100bn
SAN FRANCISCO – Online retailers in the US are expecting holiday season sales to hit US$100 billion for the first time ever.... Read More
Global Tablet Sales Tipped To Bounce Back In 2018
Global shipments of electronic tablets are forecast to soar in 2018, following a suite of new offerings tipped for release from Amazon,... Read More
HTC Revenues Plummet 25.7% YoY
HTC has released its earnings report for the month of October, posting a notable 25.79% drop in revenue compared to the same... Read More
Telstra Nobbled By ACCC Over Poor NBN Speeds
Telstra has been nobbled by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission with the Telco agreeing to compensate 42,000 NBN customers who complained... Read More
Gerry Harvey In For Torrid AGM, Move To Spill Directors
Gerry Harvey who suffers from verbal diarrhoea at the best of times could be in for a torrid time next week when... Read More
Apple Ready To Become The World’s First Trillion-Dollar Company
The future of Apple is on the up and up, with the iPhone X launch set to make Apple the world’s first... Read More
Porsche Design Huawei Smartphone Arrives In Australia
Huawei is set to release a new limited-edition Porsche Designed Mate 10 smartohone in December. Huawei collaborated with the powerhouse Porsche Design Group... Read More
Shopping Malls Instal Lockers In Bid To Compete With Amazon
SYDNEY – As they prepare to do battle with Amazon and its home delivery service from late November, a number of shopping... Read More
Electronic Sales Slide In Sept.
CANBERA – Retail sales of electrical and electronic goods fell 0.7 percent in September, according to the latest figures from the Australian... Read More
JB HiFi Awarded Excellence For Workplace Generosity
JB Hi-Fi has been ranked Australia’s best company for promoting charitable generosity among its staff, following recognition at this year’s Workplace Giving Excellence Awards. Hosted by The... Read More
Amazon Australia Has Landed, First Sign Placed Outside Warehouse
Amazon has officially landed in Australia, with the debut of the first sign placed outside its Dandenong South warehouse, welcoming its employees to “Day... Read More
Lenovo Buys Into Fujitsu PC Business As Their PC Sales Soar 17%
As tipped by ChannelNews Lenovo is set to take a 51 percent stake in Fujitsu’s personal computer business, they have also reported... Read More
Oz Banks Take On Apple Pay With New App, ANZ Notably Absent
Three of Australia’s ‘Big 4 Banks’ – Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and NAB – have joined forces to develop a smartphone payment app,... Read More
Experts Warn Amazon Will Stumble On Major Logistics and HR Issues In Oz
Key retail-industry experts have warned that Amazon could stumble on major industrial relations, human resources, logistics and pricing issues when launching in Australia,... Read More
GoPro Finally Posts A Profit, Shares Tumble After Bleak Holiday Outlook
Action camera maker, GoPro, has finally achieved a major milestone, posting a US$15 million profit after several consecutive years of losses – a... Read More
Taxi Industry Changes Set To Benefit Drivers and Passengers
Sydney taxi customers received good news this morning, with new laws in effect customers now will no longer pay to cross the... Read More
Nintendo Makes A Comeback, Switch Stays Strong
Japanese entertainment giant, Nintendo, has beat market expectations for its second quarter fiscal earnings results, driven by the continued success of its... Read More
Sony Smashes Forecasts, Profits Soar 346%, PlayStation A Driver
Sony Co’s second-quarter fiscal earnings report has smashed analyst expectations, notching a 346.4% jump in operating profits, driven by significant growth from its... Read More
Gerry Harvey Gets An ASIC Letter Along With A Stern Warning
An investigation into Gerry Harvey’s Harvey Norman retail business and their franchise network has been put on hold by the ACCC according... Read More
JB Hi-Fi Leads In Customer Satisfaction, Good Guys & Harveys Trail
Roy Morgan has ranked JB Hi-Fi as Australia’s leading furniture and consumer electronics retailer for customer satisfaction, followed by the Good Guys and... Read More
Big W Back In The Black, CE A Driver
Discount department store retailer Big W has posted a turnaround for the first time in several quarters, notching a 2.5% sales increase to... Read More
David Jones Back In CE, After Initally Denying The Move
David Jones is back in the consumer electronics business after categorically lying to ChannelNews earlier this year. Back in March when we... Read More