Musical Instrument Demand Soars Amid Lockdown
Demand for music instruments has reportedly soared during the coronavirus pandemic, with lockdown measures prompting local and international customers to buy guitars... Read More
Bunnings Tops Oz Retail Online Searches In Pandemic
Many local retailers have seemingly pivoted marketing dollars to search advertising during the COVID19 pandemic, following a spike in online searches for... Read More
Amazon Accused Of Meeting With Start-Ups And Stealing Ideas
Nearly four years ago Amazon.com invested in DefinedCrowd Corp, which uses machine learning technology and human intelligence to enrich training data. Now,... Read More
Vicinity Shopping Malls Worth $1.8B Less Because Of COVID
Vicinity Centres has announced that independent valuations of its 60 directly owned retail properties have resulted in a net valuation decline of... Read More
Harvey Norman Sponsored Porn Star Earns $25K A Week
Family retailer, Harvey Norman is a big sponsorship investor, from NRL to AFL and it appears porn stars such as Renee Gracie... Read More
Aussies Push ‘Nintendo’ Google Searches To Ten-Year High
Local Google searches relating to ‘Nintendo’ soared to over a ten-year high in the first half of 2020, according to trend numbers... Read More
Treasurer Forecasts 9.25% Jobless December Quarter
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has offered “harsh numbers” for a “harsh reality”, with local unemployment forecast to peak in the December quarter at... Read More
Microsoft PC Revenue Up 14%, Surface Booms
Microsoft has reported a 14% year-on-year jump in Q4 revenue for its ‘More Personal Computing’ unit, encompassing Windows, Surface, Xbox and search... Read More
Slack Fights ‘Illegal’ Microsoft Teams-Office Bundle
Proprietary business communication platform, Slack, has lodged a complaint with the European Union, asserting Microsoft illegally misused market power to crush rivals.... Read More
Amazon Prime Day Sale Delayed
Behemoth e-commerce giant, Amazon, has reportedly delayed its annual ‘Prime Day’ in its home country of the United States – historically the... Read More
Service Seeking Ordered To Pay $600,000 For Publishing Fake Reviews
The online tasking platform Service Seeking – where customers can seek quotes for jobs such as gardening, building or cleaning services from... Read More
TV Service Subscriptions Surge During COVID, Oz Hits 15.7M Viewers
TV streaming services have surged in Australia during the COVID-19 lockdowns, with 878,000 Australians gaining access to a TV subscription service from... Read More
Oz Retail Turnover Up 8.2% Y-o-Y In June, Despite Some COVID Restrictions
Australian retail turnover rose by 8.2% year-on-year in June 2020, according to the preliminary retail trade figures released by the ABS. In... Read More
LinkedIn Slash 960 Jobs After COVID Hit
Work-centric social media outlet, LinkedIn, has slashed 960 jobs from its global network following a notable reduction in its recruitment tools prompt... Read More
Apple Plans On Being Carbon Neutral By 2030, Including Suppliers
Apple has announced it plans to be 100% carbon neutral across its entire supply chain and products by 2030. “The company is... Read More
Aldi To Open 70 New Stores
German retail giant ALDI is set to open 70 new stores across the United States by the end of the year as... Read More
Logitech’s Growth Accelerates During COVID, Revenue Up 23%
In the second quarter of 2020 Logitech’s sales rose by 23% year-on-year (y-o-y) to $792 million, driven by demand for technology during... Read More
How COVID Is Changing Retail Landscape For Good
Market research firm McKinsey has found that the COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly changing the retail landscape, and many of these new trends... Read More
Mega Amazon Sydney Warehouse Deal Raises The Bar
Amazon Australia has raised the amount of industrial space locally leased to a five-year high, following an agreement to rent out a... Read More
Work-From-Home Here To Stay, New Report Suggests
MELBOURNE: Many employees currently working from home due to the coronavirus may never have to return to the office, according to a... Read More
Vodafone Linked To Massive West Australian Data Breach
PERTH: The medical details of scores of West Australians have been hacked and posted online in one of the State’s biggest privacy... Read More
JobKeeper Extended To March 2021 But With Lower Payments
The federal government has announced that the JobKeeper scheme will be extended until March 2021, but a two-tier payment structure will be... Read More
ACCC Cracks Down On Lay-By Terms & Promos
The ACCC has cracked down on gift hamper company, Chrisco, after finding potentially unfair contract terms in its “HeadStart” lay-by plan. Chrisco... Read More
TV Revenue Down 30% Despite Viewer Growth
Second-quarter commercial TV revenue reportedly declined over 30% following the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic despite audience growth. According to unaudited... Read More
Kogan’s Profits More Than Double, Hits 2M Active Customers
Kogan.com has revealed that its gross profits grew by over 115% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the fourth quarter of FY20, while gross profits... Read More
Dodgy Kogan Has His Spin Doctor Spruik Pure Innocence
Over the weekend Vuki Vujasinovic the owner of PR agency Sling & Stone was back trying to repair his client Kogan.com’s shocking... Read More
Commercial Property Owners Hit By Low Retail Footfall & WFH
With footfall still down at the country’s shopping malls, retail property owners continue to be hit by the COVID-19 crisis as retailers... Read More
Gov Claims Covid ‘Success’ Will Attract Big Movie Makers To Oz
CANBEERA: Australia’s relative success in managing Covid-19 is being promoted by the Morrison Government as an incentive to attract more international makers... Read More
ACMA Blocks Gambling Websites
SYDNEY: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is calling on Australian Internet service providers to block more illegal offshore gambling Web... Read More
Consumers Turn Away From Premium Products In COVID Crisis
According to a July study from market research firm BCG, consumers have reduced their spending on luxury products, jewellery, clothing, footwear, accessories,... Read More
Kogan Nobbled Again, But It’s All Publicity For The Dodgy Online Store
COMMENT: Online retailer Kogan has again been nobbled by the Federal Court over dodgy practices and I get the distinct impression, that... Read More
Big Retailer Disputes $1.3M Print Bill Liquidators Called In
The Spotlight Group who snared Harris Scarf from the liquidators and were then accused of trying to “screw” appliance and consumer electronic... Read More
Federal Court Finds Kogan Ran Misleading Sales Promo
The Federal Court has found that Kogan.com breached the Australian Consumer Law by making false and misleading representations about a tax time... Read More
What Will Be Bose’s Next Move, The Good Guys?
The big US sound brand has shut 19 shops in Australia, now they have moved to selling their headphones on Catch despite... Read More
82% Of Companies Plan To Let Employees WFH Some Of The Time
Gartner found in its latest survey that 82% of company leaders plan on continuing to allow their employees to work from home... Read More
Online Channels Account For A Record 28% Of Global Smartphone Sales
Market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that online retail channels will account for a record 28% of all smartphone sales worldwide in... Read More
Gov Boosts Local Film Industry With $400M
The federal government has committed $400 million to help Australia’s film and TV industry recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding will... Read More
Govt Lifts Worker Re-Skill Aid As Unemployment Hits 7.4%
Australia’s unemployment rate jumped to 7.4% in June, up from 7.1% in May according to latest ABS numbers. It comes as Prime... Read More
WFH Survey: 70% Of Corporate Employees Have Bought Tech Since COVID
A new global research report ‘Technology and the Evolving World of Work’ by Lenovo found that seven-in-ten of employees surveyed globally had... Read More
Apple Wins Landmark $21 Billion Tax Battle
Apple has won a landmark $21.2 billion (13 billion euros) court case against the European Union over claims of unpaid back taxes... Read More
Google Faces Tracking Lawsuit
Google has been hit by a class-action lawsuit over claims that it logs hundreds of thousands of records through mobile apps by... Read More
Android Lends A Hand In Kmart
SYDNEY: Wesfarmers-owned Kmart is the first Australian retail group to deploy an Android Voice-based system that is claimed to guide store and... Read More
Wonders Never Cease: Heineken Offers Aussies Beer-Free Beer
SYDNEY: Covid-19, robotics and beer? The three mightn’t seem to belong together but the Heineken company has been joining them up in... Read More
Covid Scams Snare $1.79 Million
SYDNEY: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says its ScamWatch operation has now received more than 3400 scam reports mentioning the coronavirus.... Read More
BritBox Gears Up For 2020 Oz Launch, Builds Out Local Team
The video streaming service BritBox – a joint venture between BBC Studios and ITV – is gearing up to launch in Australia... Read More
Afterpay Inks Apple Pay, Google Pay Deal In Credit Card War
Afterpay has continued to intensify the war on credit cards, by inking a deal with Apple Pay and Google Pay to offer... Read More
VIC COVID Cases Wipe June’s Gains In Consumer Sentiment
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell 6.1% to 87.9 in July, reversing all of last month’s impressive gain. This takes... Read More
Up To 50% Off Dyson, Breville & Other CE Brands At Big W
Tomorrow (16th July), Big W is launching its Big Brands sale, which will see the retailer offer up to 50% of a... Read More
Global Smart Home Spending Forecast To Grow 41% In 2021
Market research firm Strategy Analytics has estimated that global consumer spending on smart home devices will increase by 40.9% in 2021 to... Read More
Cashrewards IPO Tipped After Sales Surge
Online and in-store retail cash-back service, Cashrewards, is reportedly pushing an initial public offering on the ASX this year, following a sales... Read More