Coles has come fourth in a LinkedIn data list naming the top 25 Australian companies best at attracting and retaining top talent. The top position went to accounting firm, KPMG, however Coles was the highest ranking company in the food ...
Tags: Coles, food and beverage industry
Lost revenue and frustrated customers are all too common for Australian SME who don’t successfully manage post and shipping services at Christmas, research commissioned by FedEx Express has found. The poll of 1,000 consumers and 400 ...
Tags: Christmas, online shopping, shipping
Outsourcing to Asia means frequent contact with your suppliers. One in five Australian businesses have lost out financially because of poor supply chain management. As elements of Australian supply chains are increasingly being ...
Food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI). Food manufacturing expansion Among the ...
Tags: Dairy Products, beverages, tobacco
Mondelez is an enthusiastic early uptaker of new technology. It launched its mobile technology initiative, Mobile Futures, in October 2012 internationally to help it drive more impulse purchases and better in-store marketing, with an open ...
Tags: Calendar, mobile technology, Packaging
VoiceID has teamed up with Staff Australia to provide pre-employment training for prospective warehouse employees on Honeywell’s Vocollect voice technology. This will speed up their productivity and efficiency once they get on the ...
Tags: Voice Technology, Service
The Government of Australia will reduce tariff on import of textiles from Pakistan beginning 2015, Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Peter Heyward has said. Speaking at the fourth annual dinner of the Pakistan Australia Business ...
Tags: import of textiles, bilateral trade, Textile
The Australian Government should call for an update to the international fuel stockpiling rules and take responsibility for holding emergency fuel stocks, the chief executive of the Australian Trucking Association Stuart St Clair said. ...
Tags: Truckers, Fuel Security
Australia and China to increase co-operation on mergers regulation The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) have signed a memorandum of understanding ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Business
Australian salmon producer Tassal Operations has achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification. ASC is an environmental and social sustainability certification status for farmed seafood products. Tassal Operations salmon ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, FBR, Certification
Pouch packaging is exciting. Designers are excited about it. Retailers are excited by it. The result of these two things is that the pouch packaging hitting the shelves now has some real star performers – eye catching, innovative and ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Pouch packaging
Australian SME are primed and keen to invest overseas but are often restrained by difficulty in accessing finance and professional advice and support, new research from Australia’s export credit agency EFIC has found. Of over 2,000 ...
Australia's export credit agency, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), has opened a new office to provide support for Queensland businesses. The office opening is in response to increased demand for EFIC's services in the region ...
To enhance the supply of mineral resources, China has accelerated overseas mining investment, but many operations are still facing a gloomy future, an industry expert said. China has only 13 overseas mines in operation with a total annual ...
Tags: Overseas Mining, Mineral
China's overseas mining investment projects are facing obstacles, while domestic output is steadily increasing to meet the country's demand, experts said on Wednesday. "To further secure mineral resources, China has accelerated overseas ...