Are You Taking Advantage of the Global Online Retail Revolution?

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Online retail is growing at a phenomenal rate and not just in our own backyard. Take our short survey and contribute to our upcoming ‘Growing Globally’ Special Report.

Online retail seems to be taking over the world. The question is… are you taking advantage of this trend not only locally, but internationally?

As the world of online retail gets smaller, borders are no longer barriers for businesses making a serious play within the retail sector. The Australian market is apparently ripe for the picking with international retailers flocking to our shores to get a piece of the action, whether on or offline.

In our first Power Retail Special Report for 2012, we will explore the world of international expansion and uncover what local retailers need to know in order to move ahead and expand beyond local shores.

You can contribute to this report by taking our short survey, the results will be featured in the report which is due to be published and free to download on Wednesday, 8 February 2012.

Article by Nirosha Methananda

Nirosha is a content creator for The Media Pad, publisher of Power Retail. Coming from a marketing and communications background (in the legal, retail and online industries), Nirosha is excited to be able to put her knowledge and experience to work for Power Retail. Recently engaged, Nirosha is immersing herself in the joys of wedding planning! She is also an avid reader (of mostly fiction), always keen to get onto the golf course, likes to paint, tries to sing and is able to recall useless celebrity facts at the drop of a hat!

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  • John Debrincat
  • 18th January

  Hi Nirosha this is a well timed idea and also an important issue for Australian business. There is also a significant technology issue to consider. Once you start to look internationally you need to consider multiple currencies, languages and tax regions. In the USA there are different sales tax based in each state and it can get extremely complex. In Europe although the EEC has some common VAT requirements there are also unique country issues e.g. the French Eco-tax. Asia is our closest trading partner and if you want to sell successfuly there you need to support the local language characters like Kanji (Japan) and Chinese which means you need UTF8 (Unicode) encoding not supported by many of the most common technology platforms.

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