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Research reveals habits of online Chinese shoppers

New research from global market-intelligence firm Mintel suggests that one in three Chinese consumers has bought food online from Australia and New Zealand. Food is the leading product for Chinese consumers to buy...

Alibaba sets up pilot project against counterfeit food

Alibaba Australia will work with PricewaterhouseCoopers to set up a new Food Trust Framework to curb counterfeit food. PwC (Australia, New Zealand and China), along with Blackmores and Australia Post, signed a memorandum of...

Global Millennial Summit heading to Sydney

Following successful events, each attracting close to 3,000 attendees, in London, New York and Singapore, the Millennial 20/20 Summit will be held at Carriageworks in Sydney in November. The Summit’s focus is on...

Uncertainty heads key concerns of CEOs

Research released by Australian technology company Pronto Software in partnership with The CEO Institute reveals the key concerns facing Australian CEOs in 2017. The survey was completed in January 2017 by more than...

Unfair contract terms under scrutiny: ACCC

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has a number of in-depth investigations underway across a range of industries following the introduction of new business-to-business (B2B) unfair-contract-terms laws in November 2016. Delivering the keynote...

Retailers call for phased reduction of Sunday penalty rates

The Australian Retailers Association has proposed a two-stage transition for Sunday penalty-rate reductions. ARA has issued a submission to the Fair Work Commission that recommends permanent and casual Sunday penalty rates be reduced...

ARA proposes 1.2 per cent minimum wage increase

Australian Retailers Association Executive Director Russell Zimmerman says retailers are continuing to face a difficult operating environment and a 1.2 per cent minimum-wage increase is the best way to preserve employment within...

$490m upgrade for Melbourne shopping centre

Vicinity Centres and co-owners Perron Group have revealed plans for the 50-year-old The Glen in south-east Melbourne to undergo a $490 million transformation to create a lifestyle and community destination. The first stage...

Refresh for ALDI logo

ALDI Australia’s logo will be updated with a fresh new look later this year, as part of an international initiative from the ALDI South Group for all countries. The new logo has been...

Woolworths to focus on customer experience and convenience

Speaking at the Global Food Forum, presented by The Australian newspaper this week, Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci said Amazon’s “onshoring” in Australia highlighted the megatrend of convenience. Mr Banducci was responding to The Australian business columnist...

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