Billabong
News and interviews on Billabong including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Billabong founder Gordon Merchant's bioplastics company ties up deal with ColesFriday, 18 May 2012
Gordon Merchant's bioplastics company Plantic Technologies is expecting a 500% increase in sales and hopes to turn a profit for the first time in nine years after securing a supply contract with Coles. ...
Commonwealth Bank records $1.7 billion quarterly profit: Midday roundup
Thursday, 17 May 2012
The Commonwealth Bank has recorded a $1.7 billion profit for the three months to March, although warns the outlook for the global economy still remains uncertain. ...
Wipe out
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
In 2008, Billabong was Australia's hardest working brand. Last week, its board sacked long-time Billabong insider and CEO Derek O'Neill, a move that appears to have been in the works for some months. ...
Billabong’s tough call
Thursday, 16 February 2012
You knew it was coming. Private equity loves a wounded animal, particularly one with a strong brand and market position, and in surfwear giant Billabong they've found an ideal target. ...
Billabong reveals profit downgrade due to Japanese quake as nuclear crisis, global sharemarket panic continue
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Surfwear company Billabong has become the first Australian firm to reveal a direct profit hit from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, telling investors that 2010-11 profit could be as much as 6% lower. ...
Noni B latest chain to slash profit forecast as new figures show most retailers trading under 2009 levels
Thursday, 23 December 2010
Retailer Noni B has joined a growing chorus of businesses downgrading their profit forecasts, with the company saying rampant discounting and unseasonably cool weather has caused the latest change. ...
The retail revolution
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Take a battered and cautious consumer, add in fears of further interest rate rises, a strong Australian dollar and rampant discounting, and mix it all with a slew of technological tools designed to push down prices and crush margins. ...
Billabong shocks market with profit downgrade as Rip Curl swoops on Perth-based retail chain
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Shares in surfwear giant Billabong International have fallen almost 10% after the company released a shock profit warning this morning. ...
The side-bets of the rich
Monday, 08 November 2010
There are many lessons from the collapse of Krispy Kreme Australia. ...
Billabong founder Gordon Merchant to buy bioplastics company
Friday, 05 November 2010
Gordon Merchant, founder of the Billabong surf wear empire and rich list member, is set to buy Melbourne-based bio plastics manufacturer Plantic Technologies in a deal worth about $10.2 million. ...
Billabong profit warning and job cuts at Thales underline real impacts of strong Australian dollar
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Exporters warn the strong Australian dollar is now beginning to have a real impact on business, with surfwear retailer Billabong announcing a 4.5% drop in profit and Bendigo engineering group Thales Australia cutting 100 jobs due to the high Australian dollar. ...
Top brands must start creating content to reach Gen Y, new study suggests
Monday, 11 October 2010
Small businesses must start using experiential marketing to connect with younger shoppers and start focusing their budgets on producing more content online, new research from the Lifelounge Group reveals. ...
Billabong expands retail portfolio, purchases 38 stores from General Pants Group
Friday, 01 October 2010
Surf wear giant Billabong will acquire 38 stores from competitor General Pants Group under the Surf Dive'n'Ski and Jetty Surf names, the company announced today. ...
ANZ quarterly profit up 37% to $1.3 billion, Billabong profit falls: Economy Roundup
Friday, 20 August 2010
ANZ has delivered a 37% profit increase in the June quarter to $1.3 billion, although the company says it is still cautious about the "uncertainty" about the global economic outlook. ...
THE BIG PICTURE: Economy's new speed limit
Monday, 16 August 2010
Is there a new speed limit for the economy? In the recent Statement on Monetary Policy, the Reserve Bank broadly left unchanged both its economic growth and inflation forecasts for the period out to 2012. On current figuring the Reserve Bank expects the economy ...
Housing finance increases, but auction rates still down: Economy Roundup
Monday, 12 July 2010
The total value of housing finance commitments increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.7% in May, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It is the first rise in eight months, signalling a possible boost for the cooling property ...
Retail sales up 0.2% in June, Shares slide again: Economy Roundup
Thursday, 01 July 2010
Retail sales improved by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in June, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in a sign economists suggest will keep interest rates on hold for another month. ...
Billabong boosted by court ruling in legal fight with former Indonesian distributor
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Surfwear giant Billabong says a ruling by the Queensland Supreme Court will boost its defence in a long-running legal battle against a former licensee in Indonesia. ...
Rich greenies
Monday, 03 May 2010
It has not been a good week for those entrepreneurs around the world hoping to get rich from the clean tech sector. ...
My Google result isn’t correct! Why?
Friday, 09 April 2010
Most of the time our Google results display the way we want them too. But on occasion, Google can do strange things and pull in information from other trusted websites to use in your Google result. ...
