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Retailers’ Association Praise Confidence Boosting Rate Cut

Jack Gramenz July 5, 2019 No Comments

The government has done “a damn good job” getting tax rates cut according to the Australian Retailers’ Association (ARA), and the savings will combine with lower interest rates and increased…

May Retail Sales Soft

Jack Gramenz July 4, 2019 No Comments

Australian retail sales grew ever so slightly in May, with the expected (and then delivered) Reserve Bank interest rate cut being credited for consumers opening their wallets. The 0.1 per…

Woolworths Boss Responds To Big W Sale Claim

David Richards July 4, 2019 No Comments

Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci has not ruled out selling discount chain Big W but at this stage it’s business as normal. After announcing a company-transforming deal yesterday to merge…

Debenhams Australia Set To Close In 2020

Jan Arreza July 3, 2019 No Comments

Debenhams’ only Australian store is set to shut its doors and abandon the Australian market entirely in early 2020. The decision comes after Greenlit Brands subsidiary, PSEA Dept Store, confirmed…

Alcatel Unveil New Budget Smartphones & Retailers

Jack Gramenz June 26, 2019 No Comments

Australia’s third largest seller of smartphones has shown off its new range of budget smartphones which are soon to be available in even more places with the addition of three…

Harvey Norman Acquires Bowermans Office Furniture

Orlaith Costello June 26, 2019 No Comments

Australian retailer Harvey Norman has continued its diversification with the reported purchase of nationwide office fit-out specialist, Bowermans Office Furniture. On Bowermans’ current website, it states it is now “A…

Harvey Norman Get Tough On Management Indiscretions

David Richards June 24, 2019 No Comments

The National Product and Marketing Manager of Computer Hardware at Harvey Norman has been shown to door after a falling out with senior management. Anthony Liberto who joined Harvey Norman…

NZ PC Shipments Down, Continuing Decline Forecast

Jack Gramenz June 21, 2019 No Comments

High channel inventory, increased smartphone usage and longer device lifespan are being blamed for an 8.3 per cent year-on-year fall in traditional PC shipments in New Zealand. Commercial PC devices…

JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman Shares Defy Retail Gloom

Jack Gramenz June 20, 2019 No Comments

While retail doomsayers continue to wax lyrical on waning sales, consumer electronics retailers are quietly climbing on the share market. As pointed out by the Motley Fool, despite a worse…

Cameron Trainor Returns As JB Hi-Fi Managing Director

Orlaith Costello June 19, 2019 No Comments

JB Hi-Fi has reappointed Cameron Trainor as its Managing Director, who returns after spending a year as the consumer electronics retailer’s Merchandise Managing Director. Trainor was originally appointed to the…