Posts tagged "consumers"

From clothes and shoes to turkey and Christmas pudding, Australians are set to splurge hundreds of dollars this holiday season.

Some examples of policies that resulted in the opposite behaviour than was expected include gift cards, shopping bags and unlimited annual leave. 

Mortgage brokers would be on the hook for hefty fines for not acting in the interests of their clients under new royal commission laws.

The release of the 17th Household, Income and Labour Dynamics Survey (HILDA) shows people were right to feel they were 'going backwards'.

Shoplifting is on the rise in Australia, with self-service checkouts, cyber security demands and the cost of living cited as culprits.

While many retailers focus on speedy deliveries and convenient solutions, the IKEA effect suggests making things a little more challenging.

Is consumerism past its use-by-date?

This is a very interesting, perplexing and vexing question which is now being discussed at all level…

The widely held belief supermarkets are hurting dairy and drought-stricken farmers by driving down the price of milk is incorrect.

The rise of influencers and the popularity of promoting healthy eating through social media is changing how brands successfully interact wi…

By Paul Drechsler, University of Western Australia

As possibly the world’s oldest economic activity, retailing didn’t venture away fr…

The majority of Australian consumers have no problem with hanging brands out to dry when something goes wrong, even if they previously were …

The Australian Federal Court ruled [on Thursday] that TPG, Optus, Telstra and other internet service providers (ISPs) must take “reasonab…