Is Amazon As Big As They Claim? Some Say No, As Sales Fall
When Amazon arrived in Australia it was supposed to be instant gloom for retailers such as JB Hi Fi and Harvey Norman... Read More
Coles May Axe Hundreds of Jobs
450 executive roles at Coles HQ could be axed as new CEO Steven Cain aims to cut costs ahead of Cain’s first investor... Read More
Afterpay Share Price Tumbles As AUSTRAC Orders Audit
UPDATE: Afterpay shares (ASX: APT) closed the day down just over 12 per cent. Shares in buy now, pay later service Afterpay... Read More
Bunnings Go Online With Sights Set On Smart Home Market
Bunnings is continuing its evolution from a hardware store into a complete home supply business with a new focus on online sales... Read More
Kmart & Target Downgrade Profit After Catch Acquisition
Wesfarmers has downgraded profit forecasts for the Kmart Group just hours after splurging $230 million buying Catch, an acquisition it hopes will... Read More
Major Expansion Plans For Officeworks, Connected Home & Education
Retail conglomerate Wesfarmers has announced a major expansion of their Officeworks operation with the retailer set to expand into the Connected Home,... Read More
Ninety7 Gives Smart Speakers The Battery Google Should Have
A smart home accessory brand has given Google’s Home and Home Mini speaker the cordless functionality Google should have just included from... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Wesfarmer Buy Catch New K Mart Online Division
Days after Gerry Harvey purchased Seconds World From administration Wesfarmers has snared the Catch Group owners of Catch of The Day where... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Acer Wins $105M NSW Education Contract
After reporting a 173% jump in profits for the last financial year Acer Australia has beaten out several leading PC brands to... Read More
AMD Continue Assault On Intel, Unveiling 16-Core Gaming CPU
American chip maker AMD has announced an ultra-efficient 16-core 7nm gaming CPU, just weeks after shirt-fronting Intel with a range of new... Read More
Microsoft Deletes 10 Million Images
Microsoft has deleted a massive database of 10 million images which was being used to train facial recognition systems. The database, released... Read More
Netcomm Puts Off Decision On American Company Takeover
Australian comms equipment maker Netcomm has put off until June 20 a meeting at which shareholders will decide whether to accept the... Read More
Techies Score Gold In Queen’s Birthday Honours Listings
Things are moving up a little, it seems, in getting government recognition for outstanding work in the technology arena. In past CDN... Read More
Vocus Opens Books To AGL Energy In Takeover Talks
Vocus Communications has exclusively opened its books to AGL Energy after a private equity firm withdrew its rival takeover bid last week.... Read More
UPDATED:JB Hi Fi & Bing Lee Stores Attacked By African Gangs, Five Arrested
Five youths have been arrested in Sydney after NSW Police set up a special strike force investigating blitz-style shoplifting by African teens... Read More
Vodafone Launch “Trade-Up And Save” Promotion, But Is It A Good Deal For Consumers?
Vodafone Australia has announced a new “hassle-free” trade in program allowing customers to trade in their existing phone for discounts on a... Read More
Afterpay In Regulator Crosshairs Over Compliance Issues
Buy-now-pay-later provider Afterpay has revealed federal regulators have raised issues over the potential for terrorism funding and money-laundering. Afterpay provided an update... Read More
Woolworths Ramps Up Big W Sale Plan
Despite a turnaround plan being implemented by its parent company, embattled discount store, Big W, may be about to sell off 40... Read More
Major Clients Exit, Share Price Crashes After New Data Theft
NSW-based property valuation company Landmark White has called a trading halt, suspended services, brought in the police, and warned that it may... Read More
What New Comms Minister Fletcher Must Do: Paul Budde Lays Out Plan
Telecommunications guru and Bucketty resident Paul Budde has some advice for Australia’s new Communications Minister Paul Fletcher, take the politics out of... Read More
Game Retailers Set To Be Challenged As Google Reveals Pricing + Games For New Stadia Gaming Platform
In what could be a major blow to games retailers, as well as Microsoft and Sony, Google has started to roll out... Read More
Oz Marketers Not Ready For Voice Assistants
Latest research reveals Aussie marketers are ill-prepared for the rise of voice assistants, despite growing demand for smart home devices. Reported by Mumbrella, the... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: The Good Guys Drop Whirlpool As Arisit Take Over Distribution
US appliance giant Whirlpool has appointed the Gerry Harvey owned distributor Arisit to sell their products in Australia while The Good Guys... Read More
Amazon Retail Boss Defends Private Label Business
Amazon’s retail chief, Jeff Wilke, claims the e-commerce giant’s private label business is much smaller than rivals, following allegations it unfairly competes... Read More
As Telstra Spruik 5G Samsung Is Moving To 6G
As Telstra move to spruik 5G Samsung is moving to invest in 6G which is a technology that US President Donald Trump... Read More
EB Games Owner Suffers Major Revenue Loss
EB Games parent company GameStop’s shares fell close to 23% in late trading after the game retailer announced it is halting its... Read More
ALDI Ramp Up Hardware Attack On Bunnings
German supermarket giant, ALDI, has ramped up its hardware onslaught with a DIY-focused ‘Special Buys’ sale on Saturday, June 8. Featured products... Read More
Toys”R”Us Moves Online For Oz Re-Entry
Embattled toy retailer, Toys”R”Us, has re-entered the Australian market, swapping its big-box store model for an e-commerce presence, launching June 12. The... Read More
Jaycar Expands “Experiential Retail” Concept
Specialist and hobby electronics retailer Jaycar is expanding its physical footprint, with a new “experiential retail” concept store in Sydney’s centre. The... Read More
Plantronics Inc Appoint New APAC Consumer Director
New York Stock Exchange listed audio equipment manufacturer, Plantronics Inc, has today promoted Peter Petrides as its new Asia Pacific Consumer Director.... Read More
Pure Music Group To Distribute ATC In Oz
Melbourne audio distributor Pure Music Group has added British hi-fi manufacturer ATC to its portfolio of high-end names in a bid to... Read More
April Retail Sales Slump, RBA Cuts Rates
Australian retail sales dived 0.1% in April [seasonally adjusted], contrasting the 0.2% lift analysts had expected. Results were hampered by sluggish performance... Read More
Telstra To Slash 10,000 Contractor Jobs
Telstra has announced it’s axing 10,000 contractors in the next two years, just days after accelerating its internal redundancy process. The news comes after Telstra revealed... Read More
Officeworks Launch Telco Mobile Service
Local office supply store chain, Officeworks, has entered the mobile phone service market, debuting “accord by Officeworks”, built on the Optus 4G network.... Read More
LG Dual Screen 5G Phone Coming Next Week
LG Electronics has taken on Samsung and Oppo, by launching its first 5G smartphone in Australia – a dual screen handset available... Read More
Huawei Forced To Modify Membership
Two technology standards groups that severed ties with Huawei after the company was blacklisted by the US have now reinstated the Chinese... Read More
Samsung Execs Hold Crisis Meeting
Samsung Electronics’ top executives have held crisis talks to discuss ways to deal with the worsening global business environment that has followed... Read More
LG Launch World First 8K OLED, Coming Q4
LG Electronics has taken on fellow Korean giant, Samsung, by launching the world’s first 8K OLED TV – ChannelNews understands local availability is... Read More
Samsung & Kogan Top NSW Customer Complaints List
Major consumer electronics manufacturer Samsung has topped the NSW Fair Trading Complaints Register for April 2019, followed by local e-commerce retailer Kogan.com. Although... Read More
TCL Ramp Up Flexible Panel Production
Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL, who is the parent licensee of Australia’s third-biggest smartphone seller Alcatel, is gearing up its flexible OLED production.... Read More
New SmartHouse TV & Entertainment Buying Guide
4 Square Media has published its new SmartHouse: TV & Entertainment Buyer’s Guide, offering consumers a unique insight into premium, ‘affordable premium’... Read More
Alcatel Score Big Following Liverpool European Champions Win
Australia’s #3 smartphone brand Alcatel appear to have scored a major win with their sponsorship of Premier League side Liverpool who over... Read More
Ex-Telstra CEO Joins Vodafone Group Board
Vodafone Group has appointed former Telstra CEO David Thodey as a non-executive director effective from the start of September — subject to... Read More
Vodafone-TPG Case, Court Propose September Hearing
TPG and Vodafone’s appeal against the ACCC blocking their $15 billion merger may be decided by the end of the year, after... Read More
Dell Shares Slump 4% After Revenue Miss
Shares in Dell Technologies slumped over 4% in after-hours trade, with weak server demand impairing PC and profitability growth. Fiscal first quarter... Read More
Updated: Qantas Dreamliner Premium Economy Seating Should Face ACCC Probe
If JB Hi Fi or Harvey Norman sold you a product and it was not as advertised the Australian Competition and Consumer... Read More
Galaxy Note 10 Tipped To Ditch Headphone Jack, No Buttons
Rumours are circulating that Samsung’s upcoming Note 10 could ditch its 3.5mm headphone jack and all physical buttons, leaving the device to... Read More
Is David Jones Canvassing A Sale? Hong Kong Bankers Say “Yes”.
Back in 2014 David Jones was purchased by the South African Woolworths Group for $2.1 Billion today the Company is up for... Read More
JB Hi-Fi Launching New Huawei P30 Lite Tomorrow
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has launched a slimmed down version of its flagship P30 into the Australian market, despite global uncertainty over... Read More
Thorn Group Field Acquisition Offers
Radio Rentals owner, Thorn Group, has reportedly attracted acquisition offers from several interested parties, a year after being penalised $2 million for... Read More