Tag: Australia

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

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.

Abraham Hatoum, Managing Director of Australian Franchise clothing alterations business LookSmart Alterations, was awarded the 2010 Ethnic Business Award in the large business category, for personal and business endurance through hardship, success and contributions to the community.

Small Business Minister, Senator Nick Sherry, today urged small businesses to use the Australian Government’s support line which has already assisted 20,000 small businesses in the first year of the line’s operation.

Australia’s unemployment rate is likely to remain at 5.1 percent according to ANZ Head of Australian Economics Ivan Colhoun, with the ANZ Job Advertisements Series for October showing only a modest 0.6 percent increase in job ads.

Vodafone has reduced international roaming rates in New Zealand and Singapore when calling Australia, but mobile data rates while roaming on Vodafone in New Zealand still remain unacceptably high.

One of the key benefits of domain registration is that it helps form a longer term strategy around brand protection for both your trademarks but also generic business area, but it can often a trap for new players or trusting business owners.

Kogan has grown almost 50 percent in a single quarter with Ruslan Kogan using the opportunity to take a swing at rival Gerry Harvey and his bricks and mortar retail chain Harvey Norman.

The high Aussie dollar and sluggish domestic demand have been blamed for further contraction in the manufacturing sector in October according to the latest Australian Industry Group – PwC Performance of Manufacturing Index.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has entered voluntary administration, with the Australian arm of the American doughnut giant placed into the hands of Sydney accounting firm Smith Hancock.