Jobseekers Flock To Freelancer
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August 11, 2020
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SYDNEY: Young Australians – the hardest hit sector for mass layoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic – have been flocking to Freelancer.com, according... Read More
Gov Claims Covid ‘Success’ Will Attract Big Movie Makers To Oz
CANBEERA: Australia’s relative success in managing Covid-19 is being promoted by the Morrison Government as an incentive to attract more international makers... Read More
BritBox Gears Up For 2020 Oz Launch, Builds Out Local Team
The video streaming service BritBox – a joint venture between BBC Studios and ITV – is gearing up to launch in Australia... Read More
Microsoft PR Agency Dumps Staff As WPP Struggle
Ogilvy PR or as they like to be called today OPR, has over the year handled some of Australia’s biggest consumer electronic... Read More
Job Vacancies Fall By A Record 43%
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the number of job vacancies in the country fell by 43% in the May... Read More
LG Appoints Former Pana Exec, New Home Entertainment Manager
LG Electronics Australia has appointed former Panasonic executive Joshua Marshall as the new General Manager for Home Entertainment. Previously, the position had... Read More
Serious Questions Being Asked About Big W Future After Target Chainsaw Carve Out
Serious questions are being asked about the future of Big W following the decision by Wesfarmers to take a chainsaw to Target... Read More
What Happened To Harvey Norman’s Paul English? The Nine Network Know
Paul English the former Executive General Manager of the Harvey Norman owned Domayne has just popped up on one of the most... Read More
No Evidence Of COVID -19 Problem At JB Hi Fi, As Best Buy Lays Off 50,000
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April 16, 2020
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Best Buy the biggest CE and appliance Company in the world whose sales have fallen over 5% in stores but are surging... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Sharp Appoints New CEO Questions Over Future Of TV’s & Microwaves
Japanese Company Sharp Australia has appointed a new CEO as the Company looks for new business opportunities in Australia. Mr Tim Ko... Read More
CE Retailers Shift Stock As After Easter Uncertainty Takes Hold
Consumer electronics and appliance retailers are moving to shift millions of dollars’ worth of stock sitting in empty stores to online warehouses,... Read More
VIC Gov’s ‘Working For Victoria Fund’ Expects To Place 2500 Workers By The End Of The Week
The Victorian government’s $500 million ‘Working for Victoria Fund’ – which aims to find employment for people who have lost work due... Read More
Distributor Dicker Data Appoints New Head Of AV & New Business Development Manager For AV
Dicker Data – Australia’s largest locally owned and operated technology hardware, software and cloud distributor – has announced the appointment of two... Read More
Has Harvey Norman Revenues Started To Slump? Their Shares Have
Has Harvey Norman revenues slumped, following the ill-fated appearance of Chairman Gerry Harvey on 60 Minutes, who after bragging about his recent... Read More
Despite Forecasting Rising Unemployment, Westpac Expects Jobs To Increase In Some Sectors
Westpac has forecast that there will be major job losses in the June quarter as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, estimating... Read More
Harvey Norman Shares Thumped, Directors Salaries Cut, Dividends Revoked
As JB Hi Fi shares climbed 2.3% Thursday, Harvey Norman shares were nosediving falling 7% after management revoked the $0.12 cent dividend... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Marketing Director Quits Netgear For Key Distributor Role
Andrew Tyler the Marketing Manager Netgear has quit after 18 months to join Sydney based distributor Panmi the distributor of the popular... Read More
$130 Billion Package Designed To Save Distributors & Retailers Announced
The Prime Minister has unveiled a $130 billion economic package but to get access to this distributors and small retailers will have... Read More
BREAKING NEWS:Winnings Stores Close Appliances Online Booming
Leading specialist appliance retailer has moved to close their 22 showrooms, staff working for the Companies online operation Appliances Online will not... Read More
UPDATED:David Jones Tipped To Follow Myer & Close Down Stores
Myer has jumped the gun and announced that they are set to start closing all stores from this weekend, David Jones is... Read More
UPDATED: Retailers Face Close Down PM, QBE Tipped To Cut Insurance Risk
Despite pleas to both Federal and State Governments consumer electronics and appliance retail stores face being shut down from Monday of next... Read More
Woolworths To Hire 20,000 In The Next Month
The Woolworths Group has announced it will hire up to 20,000 new staff over the next month to cope with the unprecedented... Read More
Government Hiring During Downturn: ‘Thousands Of Jobs’ On Offer
As the retail and hospitality sectors stand down hundreds of thousands of employees, state governments are trying to hire more people and... Read More
JB Hi Fi Closes Stores As Premier Sack 9,000 No Rent To Be Paid
JB Hi-Fi has temporarily closed its New Zealand business while retail Group Premier Investments has moved to sack 9,000 people. The JB... Read More
Centrelink Lines Longer Than Ever
Last night Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new round of businesses that would have to close their doors, and today the... Read More
Oz In Lockdown: What The Transition To Food Delivery Means For Jobs & Businesses
With the government restricting restaurants and cafes to takeaway and home deliveries only, restaurants are seeking out food delivery options, which could... Read More
OZ Dollar Falls Below $0.60 Westpac Claims ‘Technical Recession’ Consumers Still Spending
The Australian dollar has fallen below $0.60 due to the Coronavirus and the slump in share values in Australia, and while goods... Read More
Jabra Marketing Director Out
Sid Rashid the Marketing Manager at Jabra has suddenly left the Company after just 18 months in the job. He joins a... Read More
Workers Fear Coronavirus After Vodafone Head Office Evacuated
Australians are becoming concerned about Coronavirus as several big Companies let their staff work from home. New gloBAL research reveals that more... Read More
AAP Newswire Service Closes After 85 Years
After 85 years of operation, news agency Australian Associated Press, whose 180 journalists provide a significant amount of the nation’s daily news... Read More
Leading IT Consultancy Expands To Australia
This week will see one of UK’s leading IT consultancies, Waterstons, launch two new Australian offices in a move to gain market... Read More
B&W Failed To Tell Local Management Of CEO Restructure
Senior management at Bowers & Wilkins Australia were not told that global directors had quit the UK Company or that a turnaround... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Major Shake Up At Bowers & Wilkins As CEO Exits
A major shakeup has rocked high end Hi Fi Company Bowers & Wilkins with two senior executives exiting the Company. Gideon Yu,... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Panasonic Axes State Managers After TV Exit
Panasonic Australia has moved to retrench State Managers after earlier this month announcing the Japanese Companies exit from the TV and home... Read More
New LG Electronics MD Named
As exclusively reported by ChannelNews back in December 2019, LG Australia who recently lost their GM of Marketing and their Home Entertainment... Read More
Coronavirus Set To Cost Qantas $150 Million
Iconic Australian airline Qantas has announced it will slash flights across Asia as the coronavirus outbreak continues to damage airlines globally. The... Read More
Coronavirus & Airline Revenue: Almost $5 Billion Lost In First Quarter
The coronavirus outbreak has wreaked havoc on the global tech industry with high-profile events being cancelled and wide scale disruption to supply... Read More
Smeg Marketing Manager Quits
12 months after taking on the role as National Marketing Manager at Smeg Olivia Anderson has called it quits. It was only... Read More
LG Announces New Marketing Director
Gemma Lemieux is the new Marketing Director, at LG Australia. A former Marketing Director at Panasonic Australia and at Samsung, Lemieux is... Read More
Is Gerry Harvey Set To Start Making Prison Visits?
Serious questions are being asked about Gerry Harvey and his dodgy mates in particular his relationship with a former major supplier to... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Another GM Quits LG
Damien Krotofil the General Manager of Home Entertainment at LG Australia has quit after one year and six months, today is his... Read More
Foxtel Enters ‘Next Stage Of Transformation’ With Senior Appointments
Foxtel has announced today that two of its senior executives, Les Wigan and Lesley Portwain, will move into newly created roles reporting... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Sudden Exit Of GM At Harvey Norman Owned Domayne
The Executive General Manager of the Harvey Norman owned Domayne has suddenly exited the Company and management are not explaining why. Paul... Read More
Telstra Slashes 280 Jobs, Customer Personal Data At Risk
Telstra has announced its cutting an additional 280 jobs, on top of the thousands it has already axed. The union representing telecommunications... Read More
Sennheiser Appoints New CEO Of Georg Nuemann GmbH
Ralf Oehl has been appointed as CEO of studio specialist Georg Neumann GmbH, manufacturer of professional grade microphones. In his new position,... Read More
New CEO & President Of Harman ‘Unanimously Elected’
Harman has announced Dinesh Paliwal will be stepping down after close to 13 years at the helm of the technology company, with... Read More
Flogged Greenlit Attempts Come Back With $1 Billion Offer
Greenlit Brands, who reported a near half million annual loss yesterday, is understood to be in the works for a public offering... Read More
Greenlit Brands, Under Steinhoff International, Reports Near $300 Million Loss
Furniture and bedding giant Greenlit Brands, operating under parent company Steinhoff International, has reported a loss of $288 million after a significant... Read More
JB Hi-Fi Buys $44m Warehouse In Melbourne
Stockland, a diversified property group, has expanded its industrial property footprint after JB Hi-Fi signed a new $44m warehouse lease in Melbourne’s... Read More
Kaufland Staff Break Silence On Company’s Shock Exit
Employees of the German retailing giant Kaufland have broken their silence on its shock announcement to exit the Australian market, leaving hundreds... Read More
