Tag: retail
Here are four key steps to empowering your business during the retail shut-down
With many millions of retailers worldwide currently in a temporary, induced shut-down as governments and authorities seek to stem the spread of coronavirus, it’s a concerning time.
Logistics expert forecasts global supply chain disruptions on retailers & consumers
Jessica Ip, Chief Transformation Officer at leading parcel delivery service CouriersPlease (CP), explains the ripple effect significant disruptions in the global supply chain have on retailers and consumers – and what we can expect in the coming months.
2020 vision: Here are 5 key trends that are shaping the Aussie retail industry...
Australia's retail industry, like the rest of the world, is going through a period of uncertainty and challenges. And so far 2020 has brought little relief for the struggling retail market, as evidenced by many big-box retailers shutting down shops or downsizing their operations to mitigate the economic downturn.
These Aussie startup founders are looking to disrupt the active lifestyle market by putting...
Seasoned startup founders Andrew Jacobs, Joe-Bramwell-Smith and Mikkel Bergmann have announced the launch of their new disruptive Aussie RetailTech business Kitfit.
Our business economy is in danger! Here’s how to stave off a retail apocalypse
Thriving in modern business comes down to the vision to stay ahead of the pack through extraordinary strategy, innovation, and engagement. Those who listen are thriving and capitalising on the many opportunities that exist in retail world.
Australian fashion ecommerce retailer theurge.com is launching in America and the UK this spring
theurge.com, an Australian-based technology company making it easy to “Shop the World,” recently announced it will launch in America, the UK, and across the globe this Spring.
59% of Aussie shoppers believe most of our retail industry will be online within five...
With Australian consumers increasingly turning to online shopping, multiple stores have closed in recent years, with Toys ‘R’ Us, Gap, Esprit, and selected Target stores the casualties this year alone. Australians have become so used to these closures that a recent survey revealed 59 per cent of Aussie shoppers believe most of the industry will be online in the next two-to-five years.
The latest Startup Muster survey shows the opportunities, progress and challenges in Australia’s startup...
We trust this report will improve the understanding of not just our current ecosystem, but also those that will help build our future ecosystem.
Australian business owners are turning immersive tech into a (virtual) reality [VIDEO]
Over the next decade, Virtual and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies will create opportunities for small and medium size businesses to interact with their customers in new immersive ways.
This customer service start-up from Melbourne is getting major buzz in the US
Testing and real-time monitoring might sound like basic things every organisation is already doing, but this is not the case, and our mission is to educate the market.
Openpay launches shop now, pay later service; opens $8m-10m pre-IPO cap raise
Through its standalone software, customers use the Openpay app or the instore portal to make a purchase with payment transferred to the merchant the next business day, direct debited from the customer’s account.
Here is what shoppers want – and really don’t want – from retailers this...
Customer service priority #1 this Christmas. Retailers, have enough staff to help customers; invest in loyalty and avoid turnoffs like point of sale charges
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.
We are ready to spend more: Research reveals retailers could see sales rise this...
Good news for the retail industry as new research suggest that more than half of Aussie shoppers will spend more in the second half of 2015 than the first
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.
When things don’t turn out as hoped… Small business lessons from Stan Cash, the...
For over 35 years, the Caval family have been part of the bulky white and brown goods electrical industry, an industry that was cluttered...
Here comes yet another ASX reverse takeover as Rision aims to disrupt the recruitment...
Contingent workforce solutions provider, Rision, is seeking a $4 million plus funding boost to accelerate growth of its patented mobile recruitment and HR platform...
Kogan Pantry is disrupting the supermarket duopoly and adding inches back to your wallet
Finally, we may have the supermarket revolution that Australians have been waiting for.
Kogan.com, the country’s biggest online retailer, recently launched Kogan Pantry, a new...
GST on online purchases? All good things must come to an end, except for...
Love your online shopping? So do many Australians. With an estimated growth rate of 12.6% per year,Australia’s e-commerce is growing fast. Online spending is...
All ye merchants, wake up! Mobile commerce is growing way faster than you think
Performance marketing tech company Criteo recently released its Q4 2014 State of Mobile Commerce Report, critically looking into consumers’ mobile shopping behaviour and trends.
Finding that...
