Canadians say they would buy more if presented with promotional offers on their smartphone while out shopping. When asked what they would do if they received a promotion on their smartphone that applied to either the item they were buying ...
Carl Prindle Schottenstein Stores and Rooms To Go have taken an ownership stake in online retailer Furniture.com, which will relaunch later this year, backed by a network of large retailers across the country handling fulfillment. ...
Tags: Furniture, Stores, Furnishing
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has named Australian entrepreneur Leigh Williams its International Young Professional of the Year. The Melbourne born and bred founder and CEO of eStore Logistics took out the ...
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For the two of you unfamiliar with the term, "showrooming" is the practice of going to a brick-and-mortar retailer to get an eyes-on experience with a product before ultimately buying it online. A new study confirms what many of us had ...
Tags: Best Buy, Walmart, Showrooming
British high-street retailer River Island is the latest international label to step into the burgeoning Australian apparel market. The fashion brand, which has recently unveiled its Australia-exclusive online store au.riverisland.com, ...
Well-healed Australian investors, battered by political uncertainty and the ongoing aftershocks of the global financial crisis, are maintaining their faith in local shares, according to an exclusive survey of individuals with at least ...
Driven by the various online channels, the way consumers obtain information has changed considerably in recent years. The number of communications channels ranging from websites to social media, plus the increasing shift of purchasing away ...
Tags: Luxury Industry
The U.S. Senate has, by a wide margin, supported a bill allowing an Internet sales tax, but the legislation appears to be a tougher sell to the public. Sixty-one percent of U.S. residents surveyed by online postage vendor Endicia said ...
Tags: Computer Products, Sales Tax, Internet
Finding your dream home is often difficult. Getting your new home to look perfect is even more difficult especially if the previous owner has painted the beautiful fireplace in a really disgusting color. The previous owners might have ...
Tags: Brick Fireplace, Construction
US retail giant Target is rolling out a system that can offer customers discount vouchers over social networking sites in a bid to lure them back into bricks-and-mortar stores. The systems enables people to select the deals marketed to ...
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A handful of lawmakers have stalled the U.S. Senate from voting on legislation that would require large Internet and catalog sellers to collect state sales taxes from their customers. Supporters of the Marketplace Fairness Act still hope ...
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Tatty Teddy has already taken to the toy aisles - now it's making its own. Brand owner Carte Blanche Group is opening its first retail store this June in The Marlands Shopping Centre, Southampton. The store will showcase Carte ...
Cosmetics (colloquially known as makeup or make-up) are care substances used to enhance the appearance or odor of the human body. They are generally mixtures of chemical compounds, some being derived from natural sources, many being ...
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In the coming years, the Australian fashion and apparel industry is expected to experience a boom due to a more relaxed spending approach of the shoppers, says a report released by the Melbourne-based research company IBISWorld. For ...
Tags: Apparel Industry, Apparel
With increasing competition from e-commerce, several clothing retailers are adopting high-end technologies to attract customers and to compete with online retailers. Seattle, US-based Hointer is an example of high-tech clothing ...