Sales
The February Business Sales Indicator from the Commonwealth Bank has revealed a modest growth of 0.1 per cent for the second month in a row, highlighting a decline in the growth rate during the last five months.
The Australian online retail sector continues to grow, with almost 40 per cent of the population now purchasing one or more products via online per average four weeks.
If you are managing or running an e-commerce business there are a few essential things you need to know if you want to stay current and growing in a very crowded marketplace.
To make sure you don’t make the mistake of launching an overly complicated website, here are the 5 reasons why you should keep your online store simple, clean and agile.
The January rise follows a climb in December, culminating in the fastest retail turnover rise in three months and the eighth consecutive month to experience a rise in retail spending.
A range of Nurofen products are under the spotlight of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, with allegations of misleading marketing and false claims.
PayPal Australia is focusing on expanding its payments solution technology, today announcing a Tap and Go-ready version of their PayPal Here Chip and PIN card reader.
A state-of-the-art WiFi service will hit 21 Westfield shopping centres nationwide, as part of a partnership between Optus and Scentre Group.
Facebook has released their first app to help businesses manage advertising on the social media service.
A 43 per cent rise in spending via mobile devices is expected to be seen in 2015, a forecast revealed in research commissioned by PayPal.
Woolworths Ltd and eBay have today announced a partnership that will allow eBay customers to pick up purchases at Woolworths and Big W stores.
There has been a slight increase in consumer spending across the month of January, according to the Commonwealth Bank’s latest Business Sales Indicator (BSI).
Samsung has announced its acquisition of LoopPay, a point-of-sale (POS) solution that enables magnetic stripe readers to read credit card information from a device.
Social media giant Facebook is focusing on their business users, providing businesses with more opportunities to highlight a product to a specific type of customer.
A new report has revealed 80 per cent of Australia’s motorists hold fuel efficiency above high performance and safety as the most important factor when it comes to their vehicles.
There are some principles of business and sales that work and will always work. However, it’s fair to say that many techniques and approaches are so saturated that they cause people to put up walls of resistance.
The ACCC is continuing to target energy retailers misleading customers, this time penalising Simply Energy for allegedly misleading door-to-door sales misconduct.
Facebook has created a new system to make it easier for businesses and individuals to buy and sell using the social media service.
The latest ABS trade figures reveal that retail turnover saw a slight rise towards the end of 2014, though it failed to reach the expected long-term average annual growth of 6 per cent.
Understanding your customers’ buying process can help you tailor your marketing messages so you are sending the right information at the right time. There are five stages to the typical customer buying process…
