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EXCLUSIVE: JV Store Managers At The Good Guys Offered $200K Contracts To Stay

David Richards November 11, 2015 No Comments

ChannelNews has been told that management from Steinhoff International are currently conducting due diligence at the mass retailer. Shortly after this story was posted a Good Guys executive contected ChannelNews…

Baby Monitors, Lamps And Sound Systems Blamed For Slow Broadband

David Richards November 9, 2015 No Comments

According to the UK organisation OfCom consumers should keep their routers “far away” from certain attached electrical devices that produce wireless signals. The watchdog’s chief executive Sharon White said while…

EXCLUSIVE: Major South African Group Tipped To Be Buying The Good Guys For $900M

David Richards November 9, 2015 No Comments

ChannelNews has been told by internal sources at The Good Guys that the South African retail group has already agreed to fund a buyback of The Good Guys store managers…

As Dick Smith Discounts Old Style Toshiba Notebooks Concern Mounts For PC Industry

David Richards November 8, 2015 No Comments

Several manufacturers believe their future lies in the Education, SMB and Enterprise markets where discounting is “less rampant”. Despite recent growth spurts PC manufacturers have failed to increase orders for…

Telstra Board Tipped To Be Considering Sale Of Foxtel Stake

David Richards November 8, 2015 No Comments

Rumour has it that Telstra is considering an exit from Foxtel and may instead expand their own streaming TV service in direct competition with Foxtel. New Corporation who are the…

REVIEW: Aldi Does It Again With A Serious Wireless Multi Room Speaker Offering

David Richards November 6, 2015 No Comments

This is no more evident than in the new multi room wireless audio market where Sonos is a clear leader. And when Aldi get in on the act, you know…

Telstra TV Box Proving Popular As Ice TV Box Sinks

David Richards November 6, 2015 No Comments

A new research study from Park Associates has revealed more consumers are using a Roku streaming-media player than any other brand of streaming player. The roll out of the new…

LG Australia Profits Slump 29% After Exit Of Senior Executives

David Richards November 5, 2015 No Comments

At June 30th the Company declared revenues of 725,929,000 million but only managed to declare a profit of $9,150,000. In the prior year the Korean Company declared revenues of $709M…

LG Voted Brand Of The Year, Pick Up 10 Other Red Dot Design Awards Along The Way

David Richards November 4, 2015 No Comments

Stand out products for the Korean Company was their LG G4 smartphone and the LG Urbane Smart watch. LG joins brands such as PepsiCo, Audi AG, and Mercedes-Benz who are…

EXCLUSIVE:Fighting Breaks Out Between Management At Dick Smith As Sales Slump

David Richards November 4, 2015 No Comments

Senior management from the struggling retailer were told during an internal conference call that store traffic at the struggling retailer was down, store management responded by blaming the impact of…