Aus Govts Need Unified Cybersecurity Standards: Report
A new report has urged government to prioritise cybersecurity as a mandatory procurement requirement, and to create an industry-wide standard. Commissioned by... Read More
BREAKING: Officeworks DC Employees Launch 24-Hour Strike
A 24-hour work stoppage has begun at three Officeworks distribution centres, with more than 275 workers walking off the job to strike... Read More
Google To Improve Batteries On New Pixels: Leak
Details have leaked of Google’s upcoming Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 handsets, including specifications and a side-by-side image. In a post... Read More
ChannelNews On A Roll Vs Competition
ChannelNews is Australia’s #1 consumer technology and appliance website for sellers and buyers of both appliances and consumer technology. During COVID-19 we... Read More
Coronavirus Resurgence Hits Samsung, LG Facilities
Fresh COVID-19 cases are sparking concerns in South Korea’s electronics industry, with employees at Samsung and LG manufacturing and R&D plants testing... Read More
COVID Warning For Shoppers At Inner-West Sydney Westfield
Shoppers who visited the Westfield at Burwood in Sydney’s inner west have been told to be on high alert for COVID-19 symptoms... Read More
Internet Trumps TV As Aussies’ Main News Source
The internet has edged out TV as Australians’ main source of news, though TV remains most trusted, new Roy Morgan research has... Read More
Shaver Shop’s Total Sales Up 16.4% In FY20, Online Sales Double
Shaver Shop’s total sales increased by 16.4% to $194.9 million in FY20, while the grooming retailer’s online sales more than doubled, up... Read More
Coronavirus Hits Merged TPG/Vodafone Hard
COVID-19 has taken a sledgehammer to TPG Telecom (formerly Vodafone Hutchinson Australia), with a $117 million loss in the six months to... Read More
oOh!media Revenue Down A Third As Out-Of-Home Audiences Plunge
Despite remaining the market leader in Australia, outdoor advertising and media company oOh!media’s revenue declined by 33% to $205 million in the... Read More
Super Retail Group’s Online Sales Surge 44.4%
Super Retail Group – which owns SuperCheap Auto, Rebel, BCF and Macpac – reported online sales growth of 44.4% in FY20, compared... Read More
TikTok Challenges US Bans
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: Video sharing app TikTok is preparing to mount a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting transactions with... Read More
ASIC Takes IOOF To Court
SYDNEY: The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has launched a court action against a subsidiary of IOOF for failing to provide... Read More
Ructions Continue To Trouble Computer Society
SYDNEY: Andrew Johnson, is still CEO of the unsettled Australian Computer Society, six weeks after he was asked to resign, Graeme Philipson... Read More
Has Officeworks Got The For Sale Sign Back Up?
Officeworks one of the crown jewels in Wesfarmer retail portfolio could be up for sale again, the big question is who would... Read More
Oz Retail Turnover Up 12.2% YoY In July, Led By Household Goods
Australian retail turnover rose by 12.2% year-on-year in July, according to preliminary trade figures from the ABS. Month-on-month, retail turnover was up... Read More
S&P Delivers Positive Report For Wesfarmers Retail Stores
Following on from Wesfarmers’ strong earnings report for FY20, credit ratings agency S&P Global Ratings has announced that it believes the group... Read More
Fletcher Offers $50m Kick-Start Program To Aid Oz Filmmakers
CANBERRA: In a bid to kick-start the local film and television industry, hit by the potential corona virus, screen producers can now... Read More
Sennheiser Set To Be Affected By COVID-19 Questions Over Accounts Structure
German sound brand Sennheiser who last year restructured their management team with the axing of key staff, after losses of $780,000 have... Read More
Beacon Ramp Up Smart Lights Amid Bumper Full-Year Profit
Beacon Lighting has ramped up its smart lighting range and reported a 38.5% jump in full-year net profit, prompt by homebound customers... Read More
Radio Rentals Reborn As Fully-Online ‘Snaffle’
Radio Rentals has been reborn as fully online digital retailer, ‘Snaffle‘, following the closure of its South Australian stores last year. Distinct... Read More
ACCC Grants Metcash Majority Stake Purchase In Total Tools
The ACCC has advised it will not oppose Metcash’s majority interest acquisition of Total Tools Holdings, the franchisor of the Total Tools... Read More
NBN-Themed Scam Calls Rife, Warns NBN Co
NBN Co is warning about scam calls purporting to be from the company, with more than $320,000 lost from January to June... Read More
COVID Turbocharges US Online Sales
SAN FRANCISCO: US consumers spent US$211.5 billion during Q2 on e-commerce, up 31.8 percent quarter over quarter. The US Census Bureau data... Read More
Workplace Change For The Better Post Covid-19: Report
SYDNEY: More than half of Australian workers (55pc) expect their industry will change for the better after Covid-19, due to the changes being... Read More
Wearables Could Help Fight COVID-19: Fitbit Study
A new study involving Fitbit smartwatches is investigating whether wearables can detect, track, and trace COVID-19 and similar infectious diseases. Fitbit is... Read More
Fortnite Lawsuit Judge Ruled For Apple In Previous Case
The judge in Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple over the removal of Fortnite from its app store has previously ruled for Apple... Read More
Bunnings & Officeworks Earnings Up 13%, Kmart Group Slumps
Wesfarmers-owned hardware giant, Bunnings, has reported a 13.9% jump in full-year earnings, contrast by a 23.5% decline in department store earnings for... Read More
Officeworks Tipped To Deliver Record Numbers Catch A New Contributor For Wesfarmers
Wesfarmers are tipped to report record revenues tomorrow across both Bunnings and Officeworks with some insiders tipping revenue growth at Officeworks of... Read More
Apple First US Company To Beat $2 Trillion Value
Cupertino tech giant, Apple, has become the first US public company to topple a market valuation of US$2 trillion, following a 1.4%... Read More
‘At Home’ Purchases Drive The Reject Shop Sales Up 7.1%
The Reject Shop recorded sales growth of 7.1% in the second half of FY 20, driven by strong customer demand for ‘essential’... Read More
Fund Will Enable Financial Certainty For Aus Screen Industry: Govt
The government’s $50 million Temporary Interruption Fund (TIF) is now available to Australian screen producers whose work has been impacted by the... Read More
Poor Performing Tech Site CNET Up For Sale Value Drops From $1.8B To Sub $500M
Global tech site CNET is up for sale with owners CBSViacom who also own the Ten Network in Australia looking to sell... Read More
Aquavision Waterproof TVs Land In ANZ With Global AV Sales
Aquavision, the leading manufacturer of waterproof and in-wall TVs in the UK, has struck a deal with Global AV Sales Australia to... Read More
DJI Slash Global Jobs Amid China Trade Tensions
The world’s largest consumer drone company, DJI, has issued sweeping global jobs cuts as the company wrestles with strained political tensions with... Read More
Consumer Confidence Improves For First Time In 2 Months
The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence index improved for the first time in seven weeks, rising by 2.4% last week. It is now... Read More
Tyro Doubles Loss In FY20, Blames Coronavirus, Bushfires
Retail point-of-sale company Tyro has blamed the bushfires and COVID-19 for a $38 million loss, more than double that of last year,... Read More
Google Lobbies Aussies Against ACCC News Payment Plan
Google has deployed a suite of pop-ups to alert Australians they are “at risk”, as the tech giant seeks to lobby local... Read More
Chinese Chipmakers Poach Taiwanese Employees As Bans Hurt
SHANGHAI: More than a hundred employees of Taiwanese tech giant TMSC are set to join smaller, less well-known Chinese chip factories after... Read More
Credit Cards Dumped; Buy-Now, Pay-Later Services Preferred
SYDNEY: Credit card use is on the decline as millennials move to the buy-now, pay-later model, currently dominated by Afterpay and Zip.... Read More
Identity Theft Soars On Covid-19
SYDNEY: In a bid to better educate Australians on the pitfalls of identity theft, particularly during the current Covid-19 outbreak, the ACCC... Read More
Apple Ban Puts Unreal Engine Games At Risk: Epic
The future of games using Epic’s Unreal Engine is in doubt, the company says, after Apple escalated its Fortnite feud with Epic... Read More
Samsung Follows Apple With $40B Phone Production Move To India
Samsung Electronics is reportedly preparing a US$40 billion move of its smartphone production facilities to India, replacing Vietnam after the company closed... Read More
Apple Extends AppleCare+ Offer After Sluggish Sales
Apple has extended the timeframe for consumers to access its premium technical support offering, AppleCare+, reportedly due to a slowdown in sales.... Read More
JB HiFi Online Smashes Competition
JB Hi Fi was the best performing consumer electronics and appliance retailer in Australia during the past six months significantly outperformed Kogan,... Read More
Kogan.com’s ‘E-commerce Revolution’, Sales Up 39.3% In FY20
Kogan.com’s sales increased by 39.3% in FY20 to hit $768.9 million, with gross profit growing at a similar rate of 39.6%, to... Read More
The Good Guys Sales Surge 11.2% As People Upgrade Appliances & Entertainment
Sales at The Good Guys have surged during COVID-19 lockdowns – the retailer’s total sales grew by 11.2% in FY20 to $2.39... Read More
BREAKING NEWS:COVID-19 Delivers Record Numbers For JB Hi Fi
JB Hi-Fi Limited has reported an 11.6% increase in sales to $7.9 billion, EBIT is up 33.2% to $332.7 million (Statutory NPAT... Read More
Lenovo & HP Account For Half Of Global Notebook Sales
According to Q2 2020 figures from Strategy Analytics, global notebook shipments surged under COVID-19 lockdowns, growing by 27% year-on-year (y-o-y) to hit... Read More
What’s Next For JB Hi Fi?
JB Hi Fi is on a roll but the big question is how long it will last as their shares climb to... Read More