Editorial

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  Band-Aid Solution to Protect Prices in Online Retail

  Overseas brand suppliers want to ‘stitch up’ Australian consumers by restricting international online retailers the ability to sell here, but this out-dated method of price protection simply won’t work.

  • 11th May
  • Chris Morley
  • Comments 4

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  Is Ongoing Discounting Good for the E-commerce Industry?

  Many people shop online because they believe they will find products cheaper than in a physical store. While this may be true to an extent, the practice is hurting retail. Chris Morley, Director of eezyempire, explains why.

  • 30th March
  • Chris Morley
  • Comments 2

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  NRA Scaremongering Destructive for Retail

  Flee! Flee! 118,000 jobs to be lost due to the devils of online retail, economy to be ruined! Well that’s the line the NRA wants to take, but we take a hard look at the facts.

  • 21st March
  • Grant Arnott
  • Comments 2

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  What Gives, Gerry?

  Gerry Harvey has announced plans to scale back Harvey Norman’s online operations in the same week that CBA forecasts even more consumers will move online in the year ahead. As consumers and retail continue to move into a multichannel world at an ever increasing pace, will Harvey ever come around to online retailing?

  • 6th March
  • Campbell Phillips
  • Comments 9

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  The End of Facebook Commerce?

  As more retailers back away from failing Facebook stores, SeeWhy’s Charles Nicholls examines the flaws in the F-commerce model.

  • 22nd February
  • Charles Nicholls
  • Comments 5

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  Editorial: Is Gerry Harvey Past It?

  Outspoken Retail King, Gerry Harvey, is well known for his negative stance towards the online retail industry. Yet in light of comments made at his superstore Harvey Norman’s recent annual meeting, is it time for King Gerry to give up the crown?

  • 30th November
  • Elisabeth Lambert
  • Comments 9

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  Qantas Debacle a Boon for Search Marketing?

  Are Qantas’ competitors having a field day with all the negative media hype surrounding the airline’s woes of the past few days? Calling search marketing experts to have your say.

  • 31st October
  • Grant Arnott
  • Comments 0

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  Is Fashion As We Know It F#@ked?

  The ‘Perfect Storm’ of current retail conditions described by many as the worst in 30 years in Australia has crushed an alarming number of fashion brands in 2011. Is it merely a cycle as some suggest, or is fashion retail as we know it gone forever?

  • 21st September
  • Grant Arnott
  • Comments 8

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  Go or Don’t Go Multichannel? Go!

  Is multichannel the right path for retailers? You bet it is. It’s not a case of if, but when. Grant Arnott urges retailers enduring a tough climate to avoid unproven business models and adhere to proven, solid strategies.

  • 8th September
  • Grant Arnott
  • Comments 0