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Kogan, the Australian consumer electronics designer, manufacturer and direct to consumer retailer launched into the UK market overnight.

Tourism Australia has launched a new strategic approach which Managing Director, Andrew McEvoy believes will double the value of Australia’s tourism industry to $140 billion by 2020.

One in two Australians are likely to either change their career or look to professional training in 2011 according to a new study released today by Upskilled.

Holster, based in Noosa, have seduced David Jones into distributing their range of Holster jelly sandals in David Jones stores across Australia.

Small businesses are urged to start preparing for the Christmas shutdown period now to avoid traditional post-Christmas cash flow shortages that are often to blame for a spike in insolvencies in February.

Dreamy Donuts is cashing in on the closure of 21 Krispy Kreme stores, with the franchise brand celebrating its fifth birthday by accepting Krispy Kreme vouchers at all of its stores in Australia and New Zealand.

Mrs. Field’s Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with New Zealand Natural Ice Cream to develop co-branded stores in Australia.

Seeking a new challenge and a more flexible lifestyle, Gold Coast resident Nikki Rydlicki underwent a drastic change when she introduced Australian-born Cafe2U, the world’s biggest mobile coffee franchise, to the Gold Coast three and a half years ago.

How do you feel about actively promoting your competitor? If you’re like most people, you’ve probably never even considered it. What a stupid idea, right? It’s something that Yahoo did in the early days, prior to Google entering the scene, and helped them to become the leading search engine at the time.

The Australian dollar has slipped below parity with the US dollar overnight, trading as low as US 99.961c overnight, remaining below parity in morning trade.

The Australian unemployment rate has jumped to 5.4 percent in October, up 0.2 percent on the previous month, despite an additional 29,700 jobs being created in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced today.

Fraud prevention, risk management, taxation and superannuation will be topics covered at the 2010 National Institute of Accountants NSW State Congress and Business Expo in Sydney.

Aussies are staying longer in Australian hotels than last year, with hotel bookings 3 percent longer on average than last year, and Australians spending 5 percent more on their daily hotel rates.

Tasmanian born Brad Smith, founder of mini motocross business ‘braaap’, has been named runner up in the prestigious JCI (Junior Chamber International) Creative Young Entrepreneur Award., which was announced in Osaka, Japan.

Two companies face court action after they allegedly misled Australian businesses into thinking they were dealing with Sensis Pty Ltd’s Yellow Pages.

Yesterday I heard about a Christmas celebration for sole traders – Jolly Solo in NSW. What a brilliant idea! It actually got me thinking and, sobering as it might be, reminded me that for some, running a business can be lonely.

Australians shopping online spend more on purchases from local retailers than they do on purchases from overseas retailers despite the increasing strength of the Aussie dollar.

Australia ranks second amongst 183 countries when it comes to starting a business according to the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation.

Australia’s business women don’t want gender quotas aimed at ensuring gender equality in the workplace, rather the overwhelming majority believe the mentoring of young women is the best way to achieve equality in Australian businesses.

Businesses need to optimise their online marketing campaigns by including analytics to track campaign performance and convert the visitors to their websites into paying customers, says digital agency Cru Digital.