Is your website outdated? The top UX and web design trends forecast for 2023
We're more than halfway through 2022, and now is the time to make sure your web design and UX stands out against competitors in the new year.
Frankly Speaking: How much would you pay for a cup of coffee?
What is it that convinces customers to part with $6.20 on a coffee each day? As with anything, the cost has to be justified to get that tap of the bank card.
Don’t get too close to your product: Lessons from the American beer industry
Ian Whitworth's experience with American beer highlights what can happen when you get too close to your product, or put product-obsessives in charge.
How many choices should you give your customers? Here’s how to best optimise options
Customers are confronted by thousands of decisions a day, so how can you make the process of choosing more straightforward?
What is injurious falsehood? Five things you need to know to defend your business’ reputation
If defaming statements are made about your business and you have more than 10 employees, you will need to investigate the option of bringing a claim for injurious falsehood.
John Durie: Consortium’s Port of Geelong bid collapses in the face of ACCC objections
Brookfield’s $1.2 billion sale of the Port of Geelong to a range of superannuation funds has collapsed after the ACCC objected to the deal on competition grounds.
Have I been defamed? Six things you need to know about defamation
This year has seen high-profile defamation proceedings occur here in Australia and overseas, bringing it into the public spotlight.
Australia’s defamation laws favour the reputations of the rich and powerful. Why?
What do we value more: the reputations of the rich and/or powerful, or the social good that comes from a free and willing media? Our current defamation laws vote for the former.
Why upskilling is the best way to lift wages in Australia
Although skills, training and migration are listed as key topics for the Jobs Summit, the Treasury’s issues paper focuses almost entirely on industrial relations in its discussion of how best to boost wages.
American chain Planet Smoothie expands into Australia with two Melbourne stores
Kahala Brands, the franchisor and owner of the Planet Smoothie brand, has collaborated with the Docklands-based Smoothie Group to expand into Australia.
John Durie: Andrew Leigh calls for competition law changes to revitalise flailing economy
A sharp division has emerged between the ACCC and Competition Minster Andrew Leigh over the need for action to improve the performance of the Australian economy.
John Durie: Government to outlaw unfair contracts this year, as ACCC grapples with how to tackle merger laws
In a boon to small business, new rules outlawing unfair contract terms should be introduced into federal Parliament this year, according to Assistant Minister for Treasury Andrew Leigh.