Industries

Virgin’s plan to sack 3,000 staff, axe Tigerair, streamline its fleet to Boeing 737s and cease long-haul international flying comes as no surprise.

Chinese ridesharing giant DiDi is launching its services in more urban and regional areas across Australia as it takes on competitors Uber and Ola.

As fewer people write handwritten letters and more of us use social media to stay in touch, where does that leave Australia Post?

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated growth in Australia's e-commerce industry, and for retailers in this space, there’s now plenty of postage and courier options to get products delivered.

Dark stores combine the best of a store with a fulfilment centre so retailers can quickly fill orders as close to their customer as possible.

Aussie-founded self-driving car startup Zoox is reportedly in acquisition talks with Amazon, in a deal that will have ramifications for Aussie investors.

Deliveroo in hot water over email sacking, David Jones will close stores as sales dive, and new data shows shoppers are heading back to the mall.

Aussie taxi service 13cabs has launched a meal delivery service, offering 0% commission to restaurants using the platform, but charging customers more.

The Queensland government bids to save Virgin Australia, a VC firm is crowdsourcing ideas to boost COVIDSafe uptake, and Uber kinda bows to pressure.

Uber has invested US$170 million in troubled scooter-sharing startup Lime, and Aussie states have started easing lockdown restrictions for businesses.

Queensland has dropped $5.5 million into a new AI hub, Airbnb has laid off 1,900 staff, and Qantas is floating some pretty cheap plane tickets.

Paul Scurrah says without the debt Virgin Australia will bounce back. But Australia has long found it difficult to sustain two major airlines.