A Sydney-based start-up has received backing from AMP Capital Shopping Centres to get its iPhone app off the ground, which promises to assist retailers in engaging shoppers and boosting in-store traffic.
It’s impossible to ignore that the local retail environment is struggling to make ends meet, as local consumer behaviour shifts and retailers look to international suppliers in an effort to circumvent local wholesalers and manufacturers.
Poor performance has led Harvey Norman to decide to axe the Clive Peeters and Rick Hart brands, with seven stores to be closed and a further 16 to be converted into Harvey Norman or Joyce Mayne formats.
The retail industry received the surprise news yesterday that Premier Retail will close 50 of its stores in Australia and New Zealand and cut staff numbers, as part of new CEO Mark McInnes’ efforts to return the business to profitability.
The Victorian Small Business Festival kicks off on 1 August, promising to celebrate the role of small business in the state with its month long program of dedicated small business events.
Appliances Online has been named as one of six finalists in the 2011 Oracle World Retail Awards, in the ‘Pure Play Etailer of the Year’ category.
National Australia Bank’s payment problems over the last week have Australian retailers proposing legal action against in the form of a national class action to recover the loses incurred due to the bank’s failures over the last week, such legal action is unlikely to be successful however.
National Australia Bank’s payment problems over the last week have Australian retailers up in arms proposing legal action against NAB in the form of a national class action to recover the loses incurred due to the bank’s failures over the last week.
Australian retailers can now help their customers find products faster online, with the launch of a new Google search feature.
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