TikTok, ChatGPT, and a laser focus on profit: Five experts on the future of e-commerce
Content creators, economic fluctuations, the rise of marketplaces, and, yes, artificial intelligence: five experts in the e-commerce field share their predictions for selling in 2024 and beyond.
RBA lifts cash rate to 4.35%, in “make or break” call for SMEs
Interest rates look set to climb higher, after the Reserve Bank of Australia today decided to raise the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.35%.
“Huge demand”: How The Little Potion Co is making retail magic this Halloween
Halloween is proving to be all hubble and bubble, no toil and trouble for the Little Potion Co, which has defied broad economic uncertainty to record year-on-year sales growth this spooky season.
Green shoots are showing in the Australian economy, but retailers are set for further pain in 2024
Australian consumers and workers may benefit from changing economic conditions in 2024, yet retailers can expect hardships to continue, according to Deloitte.
Big wheels keep on turning as SUVs, utes become the choice of Aussie motorists
SUVs are outselling standard cars three to one in Australia, even though they cost up to 25% more to run. Why?
Pensioners’ work bonus limit to get $4,000 boost
Pensioners also in a form of employment will be able to earn up to $4,000 more without their pension being affected.
NSW budget: Payroll tax reforms, boosted procurement, and event funding on business advocate wish lists
As the state government prepares to hand down its economic roadmap, here are the recommendations put forward by business advocates, including measures designed to advance small and medium-sized enterprises.
Intergenerational Report 2023: Six key points for Australian businesses
Australia is getting older, the tax base is changing, but there are opportunities to boost productivity, the Intergenerational Report says.
Judo Bank reports seven-fold profit increase, growing SME loan book as it challenges Big Four lending
Significant growth to its loan book underpinned those results, with Judo Bank increasing its SME lending portfolio from $6.1 billion to $8.9 billion.
Stop and pay attention: The (un)surprising commercial value of women
Between Barbie, Beyonce and Taylor Swift tours, these three juggernauts alone have made a $9 billion economic impact, writes Elaine Stead.
The most common age for an Australian small business owner revealed
The small business sector is now facing "demographic challenges", the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman says.
One in four personal insolvencies were business-related in June, and the number is set to climb
One in four personal insolvencies recorded in June were business-related, as officials and bankruptcy professionals alike prepare for insolvencies to rise over the next year.