Attention retailers: Higher gift card penalties are coming after Christmas
Infringement notices for breaking gift card rules are set to go up after Christmas. Here's what you need to know.
Online furniture retailer Brosa collapses into voluntary administration
Online furniture retailer Brosa has fallen into voluntary administration, after its rapid pandemic-fuelled growth slowed when COVID-19 restrictions lifted across the country.
Butter secures $1.3 million to make insurance less boring for young Aussies
Insurance tech startup Butter has landed $1.3 million in pre-seed funding to make insurance accessible and less boring for younger Aussies.
A state-by-state guide to public holidays and retail trading over the Christmas and New Year’s period
SmartCompany has put together a state-by-state guide to the Christmas and New Year trading hours and restrictions for Australian businesses.
How listening to its community drove textile recycler UPPAREL to rapid growth, bigger impact — and Chadstone
UPPAREL, the Victorian textiles recycling business, has partnered with Chadstone Shopping Centre to provide garment disposal and removal services to the shopping centre’s retailers.
How to make returns easier for your customers, while retaining loyalty and maximising profits
Making returns easier for customers might seem counterintuitive to increasing margins and maximising profits, but the reality is that if you’re easier to shop with, customers will buy more from you.
Nike’s ‘virtual creations’ is a rebranded NFT marketplace that can profit from user designs
Nike has launched a Web3 digital collectible site called .SWOOSH that's basically a rebranded NFT marketplace with few details attached.
Australia Post brings forward Christmas cut-off dates for WA and NT due to floods and rail disruption
Small businesses on the east coast are advising customers to get their orders in if they want to send Christmas gifts to friends and family in Western Australia.
Black Friday is the biggest sales period of the year. Can retailers afford to miss it?
Black Friday is a big commitment for retailers. What do businesses stand to lose if they are not part of it?
Payments unicorn Zeller now chasing growth among big business clients after building SME solutions
A gloomy economic outlook and worsening consumer sentiment have not dampened optimism at payments unicorn Zeller, which claims a significant uptick in big business users is propelling its revenue growth.
Hemp-based skincare startup Hey Bud secures huge deal to supply 400 Priceline stores
Hemp-powered skincare brand Hey Bud has rolled into more than 400 Priceline stores nationwide, as the startup readies for Australian authorities to embrace a greater variety of cannabis and CBD-infused products.
Consumer confidence plunges to GFC levels as crucial pre-Christmas trading period begins
Australian consumer confidence has fallen to levels not seen since the dawn of COVID-19 lockdowns and the depths of Global Financial Crisis despair, Westpac says.
