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Australian retailers selling to Europe now face a fee per item
The European Union’s new customs rules rolled out on 1 July with a €3 fee per item. Abi Bennett from Starshipit explains what it means and what to do about it.
The invitation-only shopping platform that’s now open to all Australian businesses
Temu’s invitation-only seller program opens to all Australian businesses, offering access to the country’s fastest-growing e-commerce marketplace.
Small businesses ‘don’t trust’ energy companies
Business owners say they don’t trust energy retailers.
How stocktakes can provide intelligent business data this end of financial year
Most retailers regard and often treat their stocktake activities as a rather burdensome compliance process. However, stocktakes can boost marketing and supply chain performance and provide a regular barometer of business efficiency. That’s because stocktakes can – and should – generate a consistent flow of data about every aspect of the business. During the stocktake […]
Warehouse Management in the Era of Amazon
If you keep yourself updated in the retail game, it shouldn’t be news to you that American giant Amazon is going to cross into Australian borders with the speculation of destroying Australian retailers [1]. For any small business owner, the thought of a radical change in competition is frown worthy. It goes without saying that […]
How small to medium business can make the most of Amazon Marketplace in Australia
Australia’s biggest retail players need not fear the imminent rollout of Amazon Marketplace in Australia. This is not the death knell of the status quo; local retail businesses and smaller Aussie brands should be seeing this as a golden opportunity to grow their business. The imminent rollout of Amazon Marketplace in Australia may be seen as the death knell […]
Don’t frustrate customers, deliver ‘omni-channel’ retailing, forum told
Customers are increasingly interacting with retailers through multiple ‘channels’ as part of a single transaction. Retailers that fail to offer a superior shopping experience, where their customers can move seamlessly between different channels, risk becoming obsolete, industry experts warned a recent forum’s attendees. Held at Sydney’s Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel on Wednesday, 18 May, the […]
What if 99 percent of customers prefer fake?
Rhondalynn Korolak blogs about standing out in a marketplace where imitations are plentiful. “If you continue to compete based on price alone (or intangible claims), 99 percent of your customers will continue to assume that you are not the real deal either.”
Which store strategy works best – clean or cluttered?
For those of you who are in the retail industry, you may have noticed a recent trend to clean up in-store environments – reduce shelf heights, remove dense ends and dump bins, widen aisles etc. – in order to increase comfort and make the shopping experience less stressful for customers.