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New report from Vamp reveals how marketers will work with influencers in 2020

75% of those surveyed by Vamp said they had briefed an influencer to do work that would have once gone to a creative agency

Are physical stores going extinct? Bricks and mortar retailers join threatened species list

The announcement that Bose intends to close 119 stores across Australia, Europe, Japan and North America should come as a warning to offline retail outlets. Online shopping is far surpassing walk-in outlets.

3 key business tips for startups down under looking to succeed in the new...

From fintech’s, to e-commerce, to blockchain, to other nascent tech firms, we are becoming a well-connected ecosystem of entrepreneurs that are helping the country become an innovations and inventions hub.
Jason Byrne, CEO and co-founder of Freighty

Tech startup Freighty launches online shopping insurance for the masses – just in time...

Freighty has already secured key partnerships with one of the world’s leading brokers, BMS, and the world’s largest property and casualty insurance company, Chubb, which underwrites Freighty’s insurance.

What every Aussie e-commerce business needs to know about Father’s Day spending

CupoNation analysed its internal sales data during the two weeks leading up to the Father’s Day 2017 to understand consumer purchase behavior. The most shopped categories in terms of money spending were Fashion & Accessories, Beauty, Health & Wellness and Electronics & Phones.

These two Aussie retail tech companies have joined forces to help small retailers succeed...

Australia’s leading retail management platform, Neto, and ‘one of a kind’ repricing engine StreetPricer, are busting the myth that marketplaces are a race to the bottom, and helping SMB retailers realise the opposite is most often true.

Are your e-purchases secure? How to make your online shopping safer [INFOGRAPHIC]

Cyber-crimes have become a common sight in the modern age that in fact, a report from Experian states that e-commerce fraud attacks on 2016 have surpassed 2015 totals.

Strong winds of disruption: how alternative lenders are beating the Big Four banks

Just as disruptive start-ups are rethinking almost every industry out there, alternative lenders are assessing risk in an innovative way, using big data in real time to enable more businesses to get the capital they need for growth.

10 things you need to keep in mind when targeting the Chinese online customer

It is clear from these growth figures that there is a huge untapped market for Australian companies to sell goods and services to Chinese consumers through online channels. However, this market can be notoriously difficult to do business in.

Royal Mail invests in an Aussie tech start-up that helps Western businesses enter China

Australian start-up Market Engine has secured a multi‐million dollar investment by Royal Mail, the UK’s designated Universal Postal Service Provider

Fakes over frauds: Online shoppers are more concerned with quality than security

67% of APAC consumers cite quality of products and services as their top concern when it comes to making purchases online, according to Visa's new survey

Melbourne beauty start-up Bellabox is on an express route to China thanks to Market...

When Melbourne-based beauty start-up Bellabox decided to expand its operations to China, it chose to use Market Engine's unique retail management platform.

Get armed for the future: 5 things your business will need to do to...

Technological advances and shifts in the way we shop will shape e-commerce in the next decade. Here’s how to survive, and even flourish, with the changes that are coming.

The Exchange Group has rebranded as Marketplacer and secured a major $10 million investment

The Exchange Group recently rebranded as Marketplacer and raised approximately AUD$10 million from private investors including David Paradice and Gerry Ryan

4 ways Australian businesses can make the most of China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA)

Although the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement may make your goods more affordable as a result of the elimination of tariffs, this won’t be enough to attract and retain Chinese shoppers.

China’s ‘big four’ want to connect Australian businesses with Chinese customers

China's big four e-marketplaces (Alibaba, JD Worldwide, VIP.com and Yihaodian) want to sell more premium Australian products to the growing Chinese middle class.

Sydney start-up Bountye is bringing love and soul back to how we buy and...

In today’s world of luxury, instant gratification and increasingly faster routes to consumption, it can be easy to get carried away with collecting...well, hoarding...

Australian winemakers are on an ice-breaking journey into China to quench its rapidly growing...

Taking grapes from Western Australia’s Frankland River region, Ferngrove River Wines has exported wine from one of the most secluded wine estates to China’s...

Oneflare hits $100 million in job requests less than a year after reaching $50...

Aussie online local service marketplace Oneflare recently reached the remarkable milestone of $100 million worth of jobs requested through the platform. Since launching just four...

Your online store only offers PayPal? You have no idea how much money you...

A recent survey of online merchants conducted by Australian payments platform eWAY has found that Aussie e-commerce stores are losing out on a huge...
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The Top 5 Most Insanely Dumb Mistakes made by Rookie and...

LinkedIn is a professional and commercial platform. What you do on LinkedIn matters: it really matters, and if you’re not careful, your actions can backfire and tarnish your brand and your integrity. We're going to throw out a wild guess and say that you don’t want to get burned by your mistakes. Fair enough. This FREE REPORT from David Hobson has the five most common LinkedIn mistakes and what you can do to avoid them.

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How to secure lucrative sponsorships in five steps [CHEAT SHEET]

If you’re running an event or any major initiative, you’ve got overheads, marketing responsibilities and a small army of people counting on you. And, of...

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New Zealand’s Xero eyes US IPO, further disruption as subscribers increase...

Xero recently held its annual meeting in Wellington, during which the company revealed some interesting details about its future. As has been widely suspected, the...

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