Online shopping
Love online shopping? These ‘shadow websites’ are a convincing scam
Imitation websites can look exactly like the homepages of shoppers’ favourite brands, and more Australians are falling victim to them.
- by Melissa Singer
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‘Extraordinary’: Shein Australia hits nearly $1 billion in sales and triples profits
The Chinese-owned ecommerce play has become one of the nation’s biggest fashion retailers in a few short years, on par with Myer and Cotton On.
- by Jessica Yun
Childcare, libraries, axe throwing: How shopping centres plan to avoid becoming ghost malls
Shopping centres seem no longer just a place for us to buy things, they’re supposedly an ‘opportunity for improvement and personal development’.
- by Andrew Taylor
Australia’s $63.6b shopping cart: Here’s how your generation spends money online
Australians are shopping more frequently but making smaller purchases, as cost-of-living pressures force consumers to balance their budgets.
- by Jessica Yun
‘It’s a bit dismal’: How do you save a high street like Glebe Point Road?
One year after the community gathered to “save” the much-loved main drag, little has changed. It’s a problem facing high streets all over Sydney.
- by Michael Koziol
ACCC cracks down on fake specials, dodgy online claims amid cost of living pressures
The chair of the competition and consumer watchdog has put supermarkets, airlines, banks, telcos, ecommerce players and digital platforms on notice.
- by Jessica Yun
Katies, Rivers, Noni B owner to defend ‘flawed’ ACCC lawsuit over failed deliveries
The budget fashion brands retailer sent out hundreds of thousands of items more than 20 days after customers had ordered them, and in some instances, not at all.
- by Jessica Yun
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Earnings season
More post offices in Sydney, Melbourne to shut amid $182m cost of snail mail
Our online shopping habit is keeping Australia Post alive, but more post offices are set to close, CEO Paul Graham said.
- by Jessica Yun
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Executive shake-up
The Iconic’s former CEO to lead budget brands Rivers, Katies, Noni B
Erica Berchtold was due to begin at Best & Less last September, but has now ended up at as head of Mosaic Brands instead.
- by Jessica Yun
‘Difficult decision’: Kogan.com bumps up prices on loyalty members despite triple profit
Kogan.com founder Ruslan Kogan has increased the price of its subscription program made up of its most loyal and repeat customers despite the e-commerce company’s profit of $10.2 million in the first half of the financial year.
- by Jessica Yun