Former Samsung Boss Takes Over At Bowers & Wilkins
A former senior Samsung executive has been appointed into the top job at British sound Company Bowers & Wilkins. Gregory Lee has... Read More
CE Retailers Facing Threat, From Apple Amazon Deal
Australian retailers who sell Apple products are facing a real threat after Amazon cut a deal with Apple to range their PC’s... Read More
Homedics Recalls Baby Night Light Over Choking Risk
Product Safety Australia has recalled Homedics mybaby Comfort Creature Night Light (Giraffe), asserting its plastic feet may not be sufficiently bonded, posing... Read More
Dyson Has Major Legal Win Over Vac Sucking Power
Arch rival of LG Bosch and Electrolux and a legal combatant Dyson has won a major legal fight in Europe over the... Read More
Air Conditioner Sales Under Threat From Heat Blocking Film
Retailers could soon be selling heat-blocking film that you can stick on your windows replacing the need for large air conditioners, the... Read More
IKEA Open Aussie Smart Home Innovation Lab
Swedish homewares giant, IKEA, has partnered with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to open its first ‘Future Living’ smart home innovation... Read More
EXCLUSIVE:Delonghi To Open Experience Centre As Profits & Revenues Rise
Delonghi Australia is set to open a new experience centre in Australia next year and while the Company will not take orders... Read More
e&s Shuffles Leadership With New GM
Victoria-based kitchen, laundry and bathroom retailer, e&s, has shuffled its leadership team, appointing Sam Zalin as its new General Manager, following the... Read More
Kogan Shares Shares Slide, Now Has A Crack At Super
E-commerce giant, Kogan.com, has expanded its service portfolio, this time launching ‘no frills’ superannuation in partnership with Mercer – joining its NBN,... Read More
Lenovo Targets Business Executives For Home Receipe Smart Display
In a strange twist Lenovo has moved to targeting enterprise business executives for a home product, or at least their PR Company... Read More
Business Confidence Up Second Straight Month
Latest numbers from Roy Morgan reveals local business confidence climbed for the second straight month in October, spiking 1.4% to 113.1 points.... Read More
Full Price NBN Delivers Half The Speed Claims ACCC
Thousands of Australians are still being provided less than half the internet speeds they’re paying for on their current plans, according to... Read More
Oppo A3s Exclusive To JB Hi-Fi For $279
Chinese newcomer Oppo has cuddled up to JB Hi-Fi, by quietly launching its new A3s handset, exclusively to the local retailer for... Read More
Apple Halts iPhone XR Supply Over Weak Demand
Recent reports claim Apple has halted supplier production for its ‘affordable’ iPhone XR, citing lower-than-expected demand. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Apple has... Read More
Big Punt Failure, As Another Harvey Norman Investment Bites The Dust
If Gerry Harvey’s punting is anything like his recent investments he’s going to have a shocking day at the Melbourne Cup today... Read More
Q3 Smartphone Shipments Slump 6% YoY
Latest IDC numbers reveal the global smartphone market notched its forth straight quarterly decline in Q3Y18, with vendors shipping less units than... Read More
Tesla Production Probe Deepens
Tesla has received a subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission over forecasts it made about Model 3 car production in... Read More
Online Retail Buying Pauses
Online retail turnover contributed 5.6 per cent to Australia’s total retail turnover in September 2018, according to the latest figures from the... Read More
Telstra To Consider Compensation After Weekend EFTPOS Outage
Adding fuel to Telstra’s fire over a series of outages recently, the telco was hit by another gap in its EFTPOS and... Read More
Hackers Hit Oz Shipbuilder Austal
WA-based shipbuilder Austal, which has built patrol vessels and frigates for the Australian and US navies, has revealed that it has been... Read More
Mini-LED Backlit LCDs To Take On OLED Phones
Research from Taiwanese trade publication, DigiTimes, claims suppliers have already begun production of mini-LED backlit LCD screens, as they seek to combat demand for... Read More
REVIEW: Samsung Galaxy Tab S4, A Swiss Army Knife For Busy Executives
On the outside it looks like any bog standard tablet a tad thin, lighter than an iPad but when you tap into... Read More
Retail Sales Miss Forecasts, Department Stores Flat
The ABS claims retail turnover jumped 0.2% in September, missing economist forecasts for a 0.3% lift. The results saw a minor spike... Read More
Apple Shares Dive 7%, Won’t Report iPhone Unit Sales Again
Shares in Apple dived over 7% following Q4 earnings, and a light holiday sales forecast. The Californian giant has also advised it... Read More
Kogan Comes Of Age With Gig Alongside JB Hi Fi, Harvey Norman & Optus
Kogan came of age last night when for the first time a major brand promoted the online retailer alongside JB HI FI... Read More
Retailers Fined $2.5 Million for Misleading Advertisements
The ACCC announced today that the Federal Court has fined hearing aid retailers Oticon Australia and Sonic Innovations to pay $2.5 million... Read More
As Solomon Lew Knocks, Myer Beefs Up Management
Myer has seemingly taken the advice of Solomon Lew, by appointing a new Chief Customer Officer with direct retail experience – including... Read More
Don’t Protect NBN From 5G Services, ACCC Chief Warns
ACCC chief Rod Sims has urged the Morrison Government against any move to protect NBN Co’s network against the approaching tsunami of... Read More
Tech Trembling As Trump Mulls More China Tariffs
Is Wall Street tanking not enough? Let’s really get the tech industry’s nerves shaking by floating the prospect of full-blown tariffs on... Read More
Oz Retailers Warned Of Record Christmas Online Orders
Latest data from CouriersPlease (CP) has warned Aussies retailers to prepare for record online shopping orders this month and next, as consumers... Read More
Reckon Launches Online Course
ASX-listed accounting software provider Reckon has joined forces with online course provider Career Academy to give thousands of academy students access to... Read More
Harvey Norman Facing Real Risk, AGM Set To Be A Spark Fest
Harvey Norman Chairman Gerry Harvey is facing a real risk that shareholders could turn on him with demands for “truely independant” Directors... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Online Retailers Give ATO Two Finger Salute Over GST
An exclusive investigation by ChannelNews reveals that Australian consumer electronics and appliance retailers are now having to compete online, up against questionable... Read More
UK Announces New Revenue Tax For US Tech Titans
With questions now being raised about the collection of GST in Australia, the Brits may have an answer with the proposed introduction of a... Read More
Streamotion or Kayo Sports Could Be Foxtel’s ‘Netflix of Sport’
Earlier this month, the pay-TV provider Foxtel made numerous trademark applications for the names and logos of ‘Streamotion’ and ‘Kayo Sports’ with... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Kogan Shares Crash 24% Margin Erosion Hurting Bottom Line
Shares in online retailer Kogan.com plunged more than 24 per cent after the Company admitted that they are facing the same margin... Read More
GitHub Sold to Microsoft for US$7.5 Billion
Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub for US$7.5 billion has now officially gone through and GitHub is part of the Microsoft family. The open-source... Read More
Fujitsu Facing More Troubles
There appear to be problems at Japanese tech conglomerate Fujitsu, with its first non-Japanese executive, Duncan Tait, shafted from the board. Fujitsu... Read More
Oz Post To Try Again With Robot Deliverer That Needs A Minder
Australia Post has said it is contemplating new trials of its controversial parcel-delivering “robot”, despite the widespread derision of a previous trial... Read More
‘Twisted Light’ To Deliver Internet Feeds 100 Times Faster
Researchers at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have developed new fibreoptic technology claimed to be able to harness “twisted” light beams... Read More
Oz Tech Market Edgy After Second Round Of Mauling
Many eyes will be on the ASX when trading opens at 10am today, following another belting for many technology and telecommunications stock... Read More
IBM To Acquire Cloud Computing Firm Red Hat For $47 Billion
IBM has announced that it will acquire open-source cloud software company Red Hat for AU$47 billion/US$34 billion. The deal is the largest IBM has... Read More
Exposed, Harvey Norman Directors Forced To Dispose Of Questionable Stock
Harvey Norman Directors who lined their own pockets with benefits at the expense of other shareholders have been caught out and forced... Read More
Electrolux Set To Jack Up Prices OZ Appliance Market Described As “Negative”.
The Australian market for appliances has gone “soft” according to Electrolux management with the Swedish Company only achieving sales increases by “lifting... Read More
Google Owner Misses Revenue Shares Slump
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has released its latest earnings report who disclosed slower third-quarter revenue growth missing Wall Street estimates, with disappointing ad... Read More
Lew Heats Up Shareholder Strife Ahead of Myer AGM
Major Myer shareholder, Solomon Lew, has urged fellow owners to vote against the retailers’ remuneration report, triggering a ‘second strike’ and spill... Read More
ACCC Approves Telstra’s Special Services NBN Migration Plan
The ACCC announced today that it has approved Telstra’s proposed NBN Migration Plan for business Special Services. Special Services are business-grade services... Read More
Google Admits Firing 48 Employees For Sexual Misconduct
Google CEO Sundar Pichai admitted in an email to employees that Google terminated 48 employees for sexual misconduct over the last two... Read More
LG Q3 Operating Profit Up 45% YoY
LG Electronics has post a notable 45% year-on-year jump in Q3 operating profit to 749 billion won ($657.83 million), meeting the company’s former... Read More
Amazon Finally Wobbles As Earnings Fail To Meet Expectations
As Amazon struggles to get traction in Australia the big US online trader has missed global earnings forecasts with analysts claiming that... Read More