Retrenched workers are being given a voice in this tough economic climate, with a new job website JobsToDo.com.au that empowers unemployed Australians back into a job, along with offering cash-strapped consumers the chance to dictate the price they can pay for work that needs to be done. The free to use job website is a […]
Worker’s increasing fears about the security of their job is having an affect on the way they purchase property, according to realestate.com.au Consumer Insights Buy report. The report indicated that 55 percent of job seekers are highly concerned about their job security, ans as a result, 38 percent said they would spend less on buying […]
Power2Motivate are set to turn the employee rewards industry on its head, with a new eLearning platform that combines training with a rewards system. The online platform with a fully integrated Learning Management System allows employees to administer their eLearning requirements, while rewarding their staff for the successful completion of required eLearning, through buying and […]
Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has congratulated the Minister for Environment Peter Garrett for rejecting the call to follow South Australia’s lead with a national plastic bag ban. ARA Executive Director Richard Evans said the Federal Government’s dismissal of calls for a national plastic bag ban will allow retailers to recognise […]
Tension is simmering over reforms to the franchise industry, with arguments erupting between state and Federal Labor MPs. A report recommending changes to practices in the $128 billion-a-year franchising industry, has been left untouched by the Federal Government, angering South Australians Labor Government MP Tony Piccolo. Mr Piccolo has been reported as saying that if […]
BuzzNumbers, Australia’s first social media intelligence service, has found that more than 41,186 conversations were generated online among social media sites about Clare Werberloff, the “Chk Chk Boom” girl. BuzzNumbers found that the amount of conversations generated about Clare, generated more than $200,000 in equivalent advertising dollars on Australian websites and social media destinations alone. […]
Wesfarmers Ltd has put a freeze on executive salaries and cut bonuses as the economy continues to slow. Executive salaries have been a hot topic in recent months, with big companies sacking hundreds of staff as a result of the global financial crisis, but continuing to top up their own salaries. Taking a step in […]
All of the economic ‘doom and gloom’ being spread around by political leaders and economic commentators is getting consumers and small businesses down, says Australian Retailers Association (ARA) executive director Richard Evans. Evans believes that the drop in the Westpac Consumer Sentiment and ACCI’s May Small Business Survey’s Exepected Economic Growth index falling short by […]
Australians are spending more and more on debit cards in the financial crisis, with data released by the RBA showing spending on debit cards rose by 12.9 percent, amounting to $2.2 billion in March 2009. With consumers focusing on ‘smarter’ ways to manage their money, debit cards are becoming the spending method of choice, says […]
The floods raging in south-east Queensland may damage small business retailers and some may not survive, says Retailers Association executive director Scott Driscoll. Mr Driscoll said that the sector has been attempting to weather the “economic storm” and QLD retailers will now have to ride out an actual storm. “Retailers’ bottom lines are being savagely […]
