Drawing the line between ‘wokewashing’ and corporate advocacy While some companies use causes to pander to consumers, business allies and advocates can play an important role in social movements.
Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra aims to “advance financial inclusion” — but it could do the very opposite Libra is meant to replace the cash in your wallet with a digital equivalent. But unlike other cryptocurrencies, it will be directly backed by assets.
No, women aren’t better at multitasking — they just do more work than men A woman with children will routinely be juggling a job and running a household — which is in itself a frantic mix of lunch boxes and housework.
Gambling for kids: Woolworth’s Ooshies is a cautionary tale about cashing in on childhood innocence Ooshies, the plastic collectible toys Australian supermarket chain Woolworths is using to lure shoppers to its aisles, aren’t just a bit of fun.
Gatekeepers reign supreme: Bewildering complexity makes regulating Facebook, Google and Amazon difficult A consensus is growing that intervention is urgently required to bring legal oversight into the practices of the world’s largest tech monopolies.
Big tech, big concerns: How companies profit by invading our privacy Australia’s consumer watchdog, the ACCC, has recommended significant changes to our consumer protection and privacy laws.
In-house chefs and pop-up tastings: Australia’s milk bars are getting a makeover A corner-store revival of sorts is underway, with a new generation of shopkeepers offering a contemporary twist on the old milk bar.
Middle class, in the lounge, with the dagger: Meet the real department-store killer The rise of the department store symbolised the rise of the middle class. Its collapse mirrors the hollowing out of the same.
Yet to make a profit: The meat-substitute market is way overdone Meatless-burger-maker Beyond Meat has just reported quarterly earnings of US$67.3 million. But the company is yet to make a profit.
What you gon’ do with all that junk? Why space needs a recycling station There are more than one million bits of space junk in Earth’s orbit, including working and broken satellites and bits of old rockets.
The Coalition has pledged to put downward pressure on gas prices — but it won’t achieve much The government says it will “help secure gas supplies, put downward pressure on prices and encourage new investment in gas supplies”.
Shocked, but not surprised: Underpayment has become a culturally accepted part of business In recent years there have been large-scale cases of underpayment involving household names such as Caltex, 7-Eleven and Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza.
