Posts tagged "competition"

After a tough Christmas 2019 is shaping up to be an important year for retailers across the country as major industry-wide changes continue to progress.

Coles will become the first supermarket in Australia to sign up with UberEats in a move that will increase competition for local restaurants.

Labor will make unfair contract terms illegal if it wins the next election — its latest move to strengthen its small-business platform.

Business owners weigh in on the issues, big and small, keeping Australia's entrepreneurs up at night, and what they think about 2019.

An ACCC blitz has prompted Visy, Cleanaway and Suez to change their contract terms, over concern several clauses may have been unfair.

Concerned small businesses have criticised a state government decision to take planning approval over Kaufland sites out of the hands of local government.

GoPro has sold millions of units over the last 16 years, but founder Nick Woodman says it hasn't always been smooth sailing for the business.

Australian small businesses and franchisees may soon be able to freely collectively bargain with big business and suppliers, with the ACCC considering collective bargaining class exemptions for the sector overall. 

Companies that are found to have breached Australian Consumer Law now face significantly higher penalties, under changes passed by the Federal Parliament.

History shows just how foolish it is to be overly confident in our assertions of what lies ahead. Consider these bold predictions by intelligent people, which have been proven to be more than slightly off the mark in recent years.

Leading Australian e-commerce players Catch Group and Kogan could be facing off in court, after Catch Group initiated legal proceedings against its competitor over the use of the word “catch”.

Blue Ocean Strategy work is focused on finding and executing strategic moves called "value innovation" that deliver powerful leaps in value for both the organisation and buyer, and render rivals obsolete.