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Amazon’s Roomba Takeover Facing Major Hurdles

Nathan Jolly June 2, 2023 No Comments

Amazon’s planned $2.5 billion takeover of Roomba maker iRobot is facing regulatory scrutiny from all angles. The European Commission has set a provisional deadline of July 6 to decide whether…

Leading Edge Retail Appoints New CEO

Nathan Jolly June 2, 2023 No Comments

Leading Edge Retail Group has appointed a new CEO of Australian operations, as current chief Simon Lane steps down for personal reasons. Lee Scott, the retail group’s current general manager…

Coles Admits Another $25M In Wage Theft

Nathan Jolly June 2, 2023 No Comments

Coles has discovered another $25 million in underpaid wages, bringing the supermarket’s total to $50 million in wage theft between 2014 and 2020 – so far. This comes a day…

Minimum Wage Up 5.75%, Retail Groups React

Nathan Jolly June 2, 2023 No Comments

The Fair Work Commission has increased the national minimum wages by 5.75 per cent. This will directly impacted the estimated 0.7 per cent of workers who are currently receiving the…

Paramount + Launch Pride Month Campaign

Nathan Jolly June 2, 2023 No Comments

Paramount+ is highlighting a collection of LGTBQ+ films and TV shows to celebrate Pride Month, under the banner A Mountain of Pride. The collection launched overnight, and features over 235…

Netflix Reveals OZ Profits For First Time

Nathan Jolly June 2, 2023 No Comments

Netflix has reported its Australian financials for the first time, and we are certainly a nation of streamers. Accounts lodged with ASIC show Netflix Australia made $1.06 billion in calendar…

AR/VR Headset Shipments Drop By Half

Nathan Jolly June 2, 2023 No Comments

Despite the launch of Sony’s hotly anticipated PSVR 2, the overall augmented and virtual reality headset market dropped by more than half during the first three months of the year.…

Reject Shop Hit With Wage Theft Class Action

Nathan Jolly June 1, 2023 No Comments

The Reject Shop is facing a class action that could see them pay millions of dollars to thousands of allegedly underpaid workers. Adero Law launched the Federal Court action against…

Amazon To Pay $47.4M Over Ring, Alexa Privacy Issues

Nathan Jolly June 1, 2023 No Comments

Amazon has agreed to pay a total of A$47.4 million to settle claims it allowed its employees free access to private Ring video recordings and improperly retained children’s Alexa voice…

Acer Secures $15M QLD School Notebook Contract

Nathan Jolly June 1, 2023 No Comments

Acer has landed a $15 million contract with the Department of Education Queensland to supply over 12,000 Acer Travelmate Spin P4 notebooks to school teachers this year. This marks the…