DP World cyber hack: QLD small business has a 40-foot container in limbo
A Queensland retailer whose container shipment was caught up in the DP World cyber attack says further delays are likely, as new transportation bottlenecks compound the disruption faced at major Australian ports.
Fake website scams: Gorman, Frankie Says Relax issue warnings over imitation sites
Australian fashion label Gorman has once again warned customers to beware of imitation sites, after scammers tricked buyers into purchasing items from a fake digital storefront.
How Kip&Co plans to disrupt Australia’s mattress industry, in style
After 13 years of building its bright and bold lifestyle brand, Kip&Co is making a play to shake up the mattress sector with locally made mattresses.
Lifestyle brand Kip&Co celebrates Indigenous artists in vibrant collaboration with Ernabella Arts
Three years after its first Indigenous art collaboration became its fastest-selling range of all time, lifestyle brand Kip&Co has once again shown how local businesses can collaborate with, and celebrate, Indigenous artists through a new collection produced with Ernabella Arts.
Home decor inspiration Fenton & Fenton falls into liquidation as customers complain of outstanding orders
High-profile homewares and interior decor business Fenton & Fenton has collapsed into administration, surprising both admirers and customers of the fifteen-year-old brand.
Melbourne’s Design A Space to shut up shop after 17 years of offering retail space to small, independent labels
Melbourne retailer Design A Space will close its stores next month, calling time on a retail model which allowed rural and regional small businesses the chance to stock their products in the city centre.
“More than a typical marketplace”: Why retail veteran Bill Gremos launched Australia’s first online homewares supercentre
Gremos says the motivation to create HomeMakerCentral as a digital twin of a traditional home living super centre came from his years of experience in the retail sector.
Adairs to acquire Focus on Furniture for $80 million
The homewares group will acquire the furniture retailer in a play to expand its market share in the furniture and bedding space.
Popular Sydney trade show cancelled, affecting hundreds of small businesses
Small businesses that make gifts and homewares have been thrown yet another curveball, with the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney prompting the organisers of the popular AGHA Gift Fairs to cancel next month’s event in Sydney.
How Kip&Co collaborated with the Bábbarra Women’s Centre in remote Arnhem Land to celebrate Indigenous artistry
The Bábbarra Women’s Centre spent two years working on a special collection of homewares with Victorian-based brand Kip&Co.
Why Georgie Cavanagh and Carlotta Casals went all-in on their side-hustle, even as the pandemic was taking hold
Get to know Georgie Cavanagh and Carlotta Casals, who launched linen and homewares business Carlotta + Gee as a side-hustle back in 2018.
Phoebe Bell is actively keeping her global bohemian homewares brand small: Here’s why
Sage and Clare founder Phoebe Bell has had an unconventional path to success with her bohemian homewares business, and that's why she is passionate about sharing what she's learnt with others.