Clive Peeters
News and interviews on Clive Peeters including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
The retail year in reviewMonday, 17 January 2011
I looked back at the SmartCompany website last week, and revisited some of the calls, predictions and future-focused observations I made in 2010. ...
Clive Peeters an eeeasy model for success to Harvey Norman
Tuesday, 04 January 2011
This article first appeared July 12, 2010. Several weeks ago I wrote that Clive Peeters' receivers most obvious suitor was JB HiFi... and I was wrong. ...
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. ...
Australian retailers hurting as shoppers head online
Friday, 29 October 2010
The pressure is growing on retailers, with the Australian Retailers Association claiming that too many customers shopping online is hurting the industry. The Association also says the move online is depriving the Government of over $600 million in GST revenue. ...
News Corp buys shopping comparison site Getprice.com.au
Monday, 06 September 2010
News Corporation's digital arm News Digital Media has announced it will acquire the 48% of online shopping comparison site Getprice.com.au it does not already own, in order to get a bigger slice in the predicted jump in online retailing. ...
Harvey Norman full-year profit up 8%: Economy Roundup
Friday, 27 August 2010
Retail giant Harvey Norman has recorded an 8% increase in full-year net profit to $231.4 million, up from $214.4 million from the previous corresponding period. ...
Average fraud case costs business owners $2 million, new report shows
Friday, 27 August 2010
Businesses must implement stringent measures to detect and stop fraud when it first appears, otherwise it will spiral out of control and end up costing millions of dollars, the author of KPMG's Fraud Barometer warns. ...
“Deluded” Clive Peeters embezzler gets eight years jail
Friday, 20 August 2010
The accountant who embezzled $20 million from electronically good chains Clive Peeters to indulge her "deluded" idea that she was a property guru, has been sentenced to eight years in jail with a non-parole period of five years. ...
Five expense claim fiddles – and how you can stop them
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
It's the fear every business owner has – that a trusted employee is somehow stealing your company's money. And as last week's resignation of Hewlett Packard chief executive Mike Hurd showed, it's a problem companies of all shapes and sizes must confront. ...
Clive Peeters an eeeasy model for success to Harvey Norman
Monday, 12 July 2010
Several weeks ago I wrote that Clive Peeters’ receivers most obvious suitor was JB HiFi…and I was wrong. ...
Spike in SME collapses as ATO chases debts
Tuesday, 06 July 2010
The long-predicted jump in company collapses in the SME sector appears to have begun, with the number of companies entering external administration climbing 19.4% from April to May. ...
Harvey Norman invests $55m in Clive Peeters: Economy Roundup
Friday, 02 July 2010
Retail giant Harvey Norman will buy stock in collapsed whitegoods retailer Clive Peeters, saying in a statement it would also purchase plant and equipment along with "know-how, intellectual property rights and systems". ...
RBA concerned over Europe, waits for inflation data before rate hike: Economy Roundup
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept rates at 4.5% at its last meeting due to concerns over the growing debt crisis in Europe, the minutes of its latest meeting reveal. ...
Clive Peeters to shut down six stores, George Soros warns on Act II of GFC: Economy Roundup
Friday, 11 June 2010
The receivers of collapsed whitegoods retailer Clive Peeters will shut down six stores, with the loss of 75 jobs, as the business is prepared for sale. ...
The latest victim of the aftershock
Monday, 24 May 2010
Sometimes recessions have echoes and aftershocks felt some time after the initial shock. Almost all of these aftershocks are caused by an unforseen and compounding affect that was the last blow to a weak but improving business, the straw that broke the camel's ...
Suppliers hit by Clive Peeters collapse
Friday, 21 May 2010
Electronics suppliers will be hit by the collapse of retailer Clive Peeters, with sources in the sector saying some suppliers could see sales fall by as much as 20% as a result of the collapse. ...
Five lesson from the Clive Peeters collapse
Thursday, 20 May 2010
The collapse of Clive Peeters did not come as a surprise to many in the retail sector. Since August last year, when it emerged that the company had been hit by a $20 million accounting scandal, industry scuttlebutts had suggested that the company was in serious ...
Collapsed Clive Peeters stores likely to interest Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Industry giants Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi are the favourites tipped to purchase collapsed retailer Clive Peeters as administrators attempt to piece together the circumstances leading to the company's demise. ...
Clive Peeters collapses into voluntary administration
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Whitegoods retailer Clive Peeters has collapsed into voluntary administration with about $160 million in debt, leaving the fate of thousands of customer orders up in the air. ...
Peter Birtles
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Peter Birtles is the chief executive of Supercheap Auto Group, which owns the Supercheap Auto, BCF and Goldcross Cycles chains and has been one of the real stars of the retail sector in the last 12 months. The company, which posted 12.3% sales growth in the ...
