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JB HiFi Awarded Excellence For Workplace Generosity

Roma Christian November 3, 2017 No Comments

JB Hi-Fi has been ranked Australia’s best company for promoting charitable generosity among its staff, following recognition at this year’s Workplace Giving Excellence Awards. Hosted by The Australian Charities Fund (ACF), JB Hi-Fi and The…

Experts Warn Amazon Will Stumble On Major Logistics and HR Issues In Oz

Roma Christian November 2, 2017 No Comments

Key retail-industry experts have warned that Amazon could stumble on major industrial relations, human resources, logistics and pricing issues when launching in Australia, given the significant differences in regulation compared to…

JB Hi-Fi Leads In Customer Satisfaction, Good Guys & Harveys Trail

Roma Christian October 31, 2017 No Comments

Roy Morgan has ranked JB Hi-Fi as Australia’s leading furniture and consumer electronics retailer for customer satisfaction, followed by the Good Guys and Harvey Norman in the Top 5. In September,…

Big W Back In The Black, CE A Driver

Roma Christian October 31, 2017 No Comments

Discount department store retailer Big W has posted a turnaround for the first time in several quarters, notching a 2.5% sales increase to $890 million for Q1FY2018. Comparable sales for Big W…

David Jones Back In CE, After Initally Denying The Move

David Richards October 31, 2017 No Comments

David Jones is back in the consumer electronics business after categorically lying to ChannelNews earlier this year. Back in March when we exclusively tipped that the Company was looking to…

JB Hi Fi Ready For Amazon As Online Sales Grow 38%

David Richards October 27, 2017 No Comments

JB Hi-Fi who is currently refurbishing several of their stores with a greater emphasis on instore displays, is banking on smartphones to deliver growth in this quarter according to CEO…

JB Hi-Fi Pushes For Online Growth, Ahead Of Amazon Launch

Roma Christian October 27, 2017 No Comments

With Amazon set to launch in Australia before Christmas, JB Hi-Fi Chief Executive, Richard Murray, has announced the retailer is focused on growing its online division, attesting it has “improved a lot”, though is…

MSY Technology Fined $750K For Misleading Warranties

Roma Christian October 25, 2017 No Comments

For the second time, the ACCC has fined national consumer electronics retailer, MSY Technology, for misrepresenting consumers’ rights to remedies for faulty items. The Australian Federal Court has officially penalised MSY…

Myer & Lew Tensions Worsen: “The Numbers Don’t Lie”

Roma Christian October 25, 2017 No Comments

Tensions between billionaire Solomon Lew and department store retailer Myer only seems to be getting worse, following the release of a bulletin by Lew’s Premier Investments which compared its share price to…

CE Device Sales To Jump 2% Next Year, Highest Yearly Growth Since 2015

Roma Christian October 19, 2017 No Comments

Gartner’s latest research has revealed global shipments of PCs, tablets and smartphones are set to exceed 2.35 billion units in 2018 – notably a jump of 2% from 2017, and the largest…