Consumer Confidence Plummets During Lockdown Chaos
ANZ and Roy Morgan’s weekly poll showed consumer confidence has plummeted 3.9 per cent, following the recent lockdowns. The overall measure fell... Read More
Akamai Apologises For Global Internet Outage
Internet infrastructure provider Akamai has accepted blame for a global outage that began yesterday at 2:20pm, and impacted hundreds of major businesses,... Read More
All Major Banks In Australia, Telstra, AusPost, Hit By Major Outage
UPDATE: (4:30pm) Akamai’s Prolexic service appears to be the issue. Prolexic is used by companies to protect against DDoS attacks. UPDATE: (4:25pm) CommBank,... Read More
“Time To Buy A Major Household Item”: Consumer Confidence Up
Consumer confidence has increased this week, following the ending of Melbourne’s enforced two-week lockdown. Confidence increased 0.3 points, to 111.0 points, according... Read More
Oz Retail Industry Preps For Quick Return
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) says the local industry may return to work as early as next week, however, rental agreements remain... Read More
NEC A/NZ Offers Health Monitor App For Those Quarantined
SYDNEY: NEC A/NZ and a group of software developers have come up with a smartphone app, iQuarantine, that uses NEC’s face-recognition technology... Read More
CBA & ANZ Urge RBA To Regulate Afterpay
ANZ Bank and Commonwealth Bank are throwing their support behind the Reserve Bank, saying regulatory action should be taken to enable retailers... Read More
Shoppers, Beware: Aussie Banks Begin Pushing For A BNPL Tax
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) users, beware. Two of Australia’s top banks are urging the Reserve Bank to set up a system... Read More
Australians Feel Financially Worse Off
Australian’s are reportedly still feeling worse off despite consumer confidence rising by 0.3%. According to an ANZ survey reported by InsideRetail, optimism... Read More
ASUS Appoint Ex-JB Hi-Fi BDM As New Channel Manager
In a bid to improve commercial sales and expand on its channel partner program, ASUS Australia has appointed ex-JB Hi-Fi business development... Read More