E-commerce
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Retail
Amazon’s radical plan to fight off Shein and Temu
Amazon looks worried that it can’t beat the two Chinese juggernauts of low-priced online retailing. So it’s decided to join them.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Insolvency
A series of unfortunate events: Demise of Booktopia is a page turner
A blindingly bright-coloured flag appeared only a month ago when the listed company told the market that directors’ fees for the year would be paid by issuing shares, rather than in cash.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Online shopping
‘A bit sleepy’: The Iconic’s new boss wants it to disrupt Australian retail again
Chief executive Jere Calmes hopes to cement the outlet as an essential part of the online infrastructure of fashion as consumers rein in spending.
- by Jessica Yun
Australia’s $63.6b shopping cart: Here’s how your generation spends money online
Australians are shopping more frequently but making smaller purchases, as cost-of-living pressures force consumers to balance their budgets.
- by Jessica Yun
Katies, Rivers, Noni B owner to defend ‘flawed’ ACCC lawsuit over failed deliveries
The budget fashion brands retailer sent out hundreds of thousands of items more than 20 days after customers had ordered them, and in some instances, not at all.
- by Jessica Yun
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Earnings season
More post offices in Sydney, Melbourne to shut amid $182m cost of snail mail
Our online shopping habit is keeping Australia Post alive, but more post offices are set to close, CEO Paul Graham said.
- by Jessica Yun
Goodman reaches new heights with its first vertical warehouse in Australia
The multimillion dollar, two-storey property spans across 16,085 squar metres in the heart of South Sydney on a 1.69 hectare brownfield site.
- by Carolyn Cummins
This China-based online megastore is growing in Australia. It’s also hungry for your data
The China-based e-commerce juggernaut is a hit in Australia, but experts have warned customers to be aware of what data they hand over when shopping.
- by Emma Koehn
Sentinel gets green light for $225m Newcastle expansion
Sentinel Property Group is to develop a $225 million distribution hub in Newcastle to cater for the increasing demand for land with direct access to the expanded Port of Newcastle container terminal.
- by Carolyn Cummins
‘Astounding’: Aussie fashion brands in demand second-hand
eBay is doubling down its focus on the ‘circular economy’, with its head of fashion saying consumers are hunting quality Australian brands such as Zimmermann.
- by Emma Koehn
‘Feels like the right thing’: Buy from the Bush online marketplace shuts
The campaign connecting city shoppers with regional and rural businesses will close its e-commerce site, citing cost of living pressures on retailers and customers.
- by Mary Ward
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