Cutting-edge mobile phone technology is set to revolutionise the way people shop, bringing a range of new and complex challenges for retailers, according to new research by Dr Emmeline Taylor, senior lecturer in criminology with the ANU ...
A privately-funded rail freight bypass of outer western Sydney is opposed by the NSW and Australian governments. Operating between Glenfield and Newcastle, the bypass line is commercially viable when used for railing containers between a ...
Tags: rail freight, container terminal, Allocating rail capacity
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided to not object to Australia Post’s proposal to increase the prices of ordinary letter services, including the basic postage rate (BPR) from 60 cents to 70 cents. The price ...
Tags: increase the prices of ordinary letter, letter services
Haier has claimed a 9.7 per cent global market share in home appliances during 2013, up from 8.6 per cent in 2012, to retain its Number One ranking for the fifth consecutive year, according to UK-based research firm Euromonitor ...
Tags: Haier, local market, cut-through consumer, diverse product range
On Wednesday, Apple removed the Blockchain wallet app, the only remaining app that could be used to make Bitcoin payments on the iOS platform, from its App Store. And Bitcoiners are pissed off. How pissed off? One particular Apple customer ...
Tags: wallet app, monopoly on payments, Bitcoin
February 10, 2014 Gemma Mainland Woolworths good sales growth story continues Woolworths Limited on 6 February 2014 released its sales results for the first-half of the 2014 financial year (27 weeks to 5 January 2014) with key figures ...
Tags: Woolworths, sales growth, Home Improvement, Merchandise
February 10, 2014 Sophie Langley Retail food sales and manufacturing growth strengthening in Australia Year-on-year growth in retail food sales is at its strongest since early 2010, according to a report from food manufacturing industry ...
Tags: Manufacturing Growth, Food Sales, CHEP, AFGC
HOUSTON — Gallery Furniture's Jim McIngvale could've spent $8 million for two 30-second commercials during the Super Bowl earlier this month. Instead he's spending $7 million to make more than 1,000 customers extremely happy while ...
Tags: Super Bowl, Pigskin Promotion, Millennial, NFL league
February 10, 2014 Joe Lederman, principal FOODLEGAL Australia’s proposed Front-of-Pack-Label scheme goes offline for now Last week, the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) and consumer group CHOICE were celebrating ...
Tags: PHAA, CHOICE, Front-of-Pack-Label Scheme, Forum
Australian pie makers Pie Face has launched a new range of sweet mini pies, designed to be eaten during the summer months. Pie Face said the new range was months in development, and includes three sweet pie flavours: Mango, Raspberry and ...
Urinary incontinence affects up to 13% of Australian men and up to 37% of Australian women. There are several types of urinary incontinence, and each has different treatment options. In the latest edition of Australian Prescriber, Shannon ...
Tags: Incontinence, Treatment Option, reducing symptom, bladder
03 Feb 2014 APPMA and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) are taking submissions for the sixth annual scholarship program. Now is the time to do more than dream about what a Diploma in Packaging Technology will do for your career. ...
Tags: APPMA, AIP, Credentials, Packaging Technology
Efforts to make foods healthier in Australia are failing, and foods continue to contain high amounts of fat, sugar and salt, according to researchers from the George Institute and the University of Sydney. Professor Bruce Neal, from the ...
Tags: improve the nutritional, improving diets, business incentives
10 Feb 2014 Honeywell's Vocollect has found an ally. Voice Interface Design's VoiceID Connector software makes voice-directed warehousing as straightforward and as fast as possible. The Voice Interface Design software is able to rapidly ...
Tags: ERP, WMS, Voice, Packaging Warehouse
Here at Appliance Retailer we are big fans of complete kitchen renovations; the kind of knock ‘em down, rebuild ‘ems from the ground up type jobs that require a whole new matching set of appliances, often costing northwards of ...
Tags: Kitchen Renovation, Save Money tips, modern appliances