Posts tagged "data"

Bluethumb co-founder Ed Hartley explains how one of the book's key lessons is exemplified by successful visual artists -- and how the online art marketplace has learned a thing or two, too.

The Seafolly brand is synonymous with women's swimwear, but new data shows the Australian-born label has one of the most significant gender pay gaps in the local fashion industry.

Acquisition by a major company is the end goal for many small business founders, but the federal government's new Competition Taskforce promises to scrutinise Australia's deal-making scene -- and the "killer" acquisitions that make it harder for homegrown businesses to flourish on their own.

The number of business insolvencies boomed in late 2023 and is poised to accelerate in 2024, official data shows, but industry leaders professionals say the growing use of the small business restructuring scheme is a silver lining.

Fresh data showing inflation growth over the September quarter comes as no surprise to small businesses across Australia, which are torn between raising prices and laying off staff, or offering special deals to customers also struggling to keep up with the cost of living.

The federal government will work with small businesses as they encounter significant data safety obligations for the first time, Minister for Small Business Julie Collins has reaffirmed, using a Cyber Security Awareness Month statement to remind SMEs of major changes in the digital arena.

The federal government says the small business exemption to the Privacy Act, covering some 2.3 million enterprises, should end.

One in four personal insolvencies recorded in June were business-related, as officials and bankruptcy professionals alike prepare for insolvencies to rise over the next year.

Elevating the customer experience is more essential today than ever before. Combined with the vast swathes of customer data entrepreneurs ca…

Small businesses should not be excluded from data privacy laws, but those exemptions should only be removed once independent businesses are capable of meeting their new cyber security obligations, according to an influential report destined to reshape and modernise Australia's data privacy legislation.

Consumers will definitely be more aware of their data sharing in 2023, says Jill Berry.