“Race to the bottom”: Pain for appliance retailers as Radio Rentals shutters stores
SMEs in the appliance retail space are struggling, with news this week Radio Rentals is shuttering stores and 2nds World is in administration.
Consumer confidence has jumped to a four-year high, but experts say the businesses that stand to win from these figures will be aware the si…
With Amazon Australia set to launch “really, really, really” soon, the company has begun loading some of its product offerings into the Aust…
Collapsed childrenswear retailer Pumpkin Patch has begun slashing prices across all its stores as part of a three-month long fire sale, as i…
Retail sales in the week before Easter were up compared to last year but down in the week after Easter, the latest instalment of the Austral…
The Reserve Bank has hinted at the possibility of more rate cuts ahead in the minutes of its latest policy meeting. In the minutes, the b…
Australians are set to deliver disappointment to retailers in the lead up to Christmas by significantly cutting back on their spending and w…
This article first appeared on October 28th, 2011. I have a limited marketing budget and am weighing up how I should spend my money. W…
The gap in Australia’s business haves and have nots will increase as mining investment grows and consumer spending remains flat, according…
Generation Y is keen to save and baby boomers are concerned about their retirement income, so who’s going to spend at home? That is the qu…
The beginning of a recovery in consumer spending may be in sight, after a monthly gauge of debit and credit card transactions recorded its l…
