Aust IT Spending To Grow 6.4% As Vaccines Roll Out
Australia’s IT and technology spending is expected to reach almost $103 billion this year, up by 6.4 percent, according to researcher Gartner.... Read More
Lockdown Bill Keeps Rising As Shopping Centres Squeezed
Pandemic lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne are hammering shopping centres and discretionary retail as the Australian Retailers Association warns of a $7... Read More
Westfield Owner Offers Rent Relief To Sydney Tenants
Scentre Group, owners of Westfield shopping centres in Australia, has assured its tenants that rent deferrals will again be available to struggling... Read More
Sydney Lockdown Extension An Extra $1bn Hit To Retail
The Australian Retailers Association has warned that the extension of Sydney’s stay-at-home orders will add another billion dollars to the price tag... Read More
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
Google Adds Digital COVID Card Support To Android
Google has added support for COVID vaccination and test cards to its Passes app, allowing governments and healthcare providers to create their... Read More
COVID Lockdowns: WA Premier Says CE Retailers Not “Essential” Businesses
Consumer electronics retailers like Harvey Norman may not be “essential” businesses under Western Australia’s lockdown, according to Premier Mark McGowan. In a... Read More
IT Journalism Gongs Postponed
MediaConnect has announced that the 2021 Samsung IT Journalism Awards scheduled for July 16th have been postponed. The decision was due to the current... Read More
Sydney Stores Staying Open During Lockdown
The latest Sydney lockdown is poised to be much less damaging for retail than the previous one, as relaxed rules have resulted... Read More
Sydney Lockdown To Cost Retail Billions
The two-week lockdown in Greater Sydney will be a $2 billion hammer blow to local retail, the Australian Retailers Association has warned.... Read More