Aussies spent $50 billion online in 2020. These are the suburbs driving the e-commerce boom Coronavirus Stephanie Palmer-Derrien 29 July 2021 Australians spent more than $50.46 billion online in 2020, a 57% increase year-on-year, with Victorians in lockdown leading the way by far.
Layoffs, re-hires and 200% revenue growth: Shippit tops off a tough year by raising $30 million Retail Stephanie Palmer-Derrien 8 December 2020 Shippit has raised $30 million in Series B funding, topping off a year of everything from lay-offs to re-hiring, to triple-digit growth.
This Aussie business is deploying robotic voice tech in Kmart stores, as COVID-19 re-shapes the future of retail Coronavirus Stephanie Palmer-Derrien 15 July 2020 Cohesio voice technology will help Kmart workers fulfil orders more quickly to cater for the increasing customer demand for e-commerce. Here's how it will work.
Limepay secures $6 million for Afterpay alternative, as COVID-19 shakes up an already shaken retail sector Coronavirus Stephanie Palmer-Derrien 13 May 2020 Limepay has raised $6 million for tech giving e-commerce retailers control over their own payments, and disrupting the old guard of buy-now-pay-later.