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Telstra Shuts BigPond Store

Staff Writers June 4, 2013 No Comments

Telstra’s BigPond Shopping online store will close on June 30, it announced via email to consumers last week. Telstra said it was “making changes to optimise our suite of services…

Group Buying: You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby

Staff Writers May 29, 2013 No Comments

Consumer spending on sites like Groupon, Scoopon fell 7% to $115 million between January and March, according to analysts Telsyte. “The industry is still quite young, the first few years…

Myer Up 0.5%, Calls In Big Spenders

Staff Writers May 22, 2013 No Comments

Myer reported third quarter sales of $652.5million, up 0.5% on last year. On a comparable basis, sales for the thirteen weeks to 27 April rose 0.4%, marking the “fourth consecutive quarter of positive comparable store sales…

Watch Out Google: Eftpos M-Wallet Trials To Hit “July”

Staff Writers May 21, 2013 No Comments

Eftpos to begin mobile payment trials with selected retailers in July, a company source told CN, involving 6-10 retailers. The trails will encompass an eftpos mobile wallet and Near Field…

We’re Opening! Eftpos Mobile Wallet

Staff Writers May 14, 2013 No Comments

Debit card payment system has signed a five-year agreement with mobile transactions pioneer, C-SAM, to provide an eftpos mobile wallet and Near Field Communications (NFC) widget for ‘touch and tap’ payments with your…

Online Not As Profitable As Stores Claims Officeworks CEO

David Richards May 14, 2013 No Comments

Woollies Picks Teradata Platform

Staff Writers May 13, 2013 No Comments

The system is claimed to provide a faster, more efficient analytics platform capable of managing complex queries in a mixed-workload environment. “Woolworths is a consumer-centric business in which the data…

Retail “Challenging” but Myer Plods On

Staff Writers May 9, 2013 No Comments

Although business appears not to have radically improved since it released its earnings in March, Myer Chairman Paul McClintock is singing the onmi-channel tune to shareholders, providing a business update for the…

Online Sales Slump.. Tablets To Blame?

Staff Writers May 2, 2013 No Comments

Aussie Internet sales were up 15% year on year to March, but growth was the second slowest month since May 2012, after peaking in January last at 27%. In the twelve months…

OZ Biggest E-tailer: “There’ll Be Less Online Players In 5 Years”

Staff Writers May 1, 2013 No Comments

Grays Australia yesterday announced it had purchased online department store OO.com.au for an undisclosed sum. “The purchase gives us the scale we were looking for,” says Cameron Poolman, Grays CEO, in…