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News and interviews on Wal-Mart including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Two months, $10 billion: Gina’s incredible jumpThursday, 24 May 2012
Well, I got my prediction for the top end of the BRW Rich 200 wrong. I tipped it would be Gina Rinehart on top with daylight second. ...
A global lens on Australian retail productivity
Monday, 21 May 2012
I’ve written many times about the changing composition of retailer and manufacturer boards around the world. To better understand shopper’s needs, and to deliver new shopping experiences, both manufacturers and retailers are mixing up their boards. ...
The world’s richest mothers
Monday, 14 May 2012
Each year, Mother’s Day provides us with an opportunity to reflect on how the wonderful women who brought us into the world have shaped, guided and provided for us. ...
How rich is really rich?
Monday, 04 April 2011
It's one of the great Australian dreams. Every Saturday night, thousands of Australians try their luck on lotto, hoping their numbers will come up and they will become an instant millionaire. ...
Constant innovation keeps us relevant to shoppers
Monday, 10 January 2011
This article first appeared July 1, 2010. Last week I was honoured to attend the 30th anniversary celebration of a great Australian company. A company built on "changing the game" in a crucial part of the retail marketing mix - creating footfall in stores. ...
Online retail war heats up as international retailers target Australian shoppers, experts urge local SMEs to innovate
Monday, 29 November 2010
Proof that international retailers are now fighting for Australian dollars has finally appeared, with US department store Sears launching a 20% discount offer specifically for Australians in the lead-up to Christmas. ...
Online shopping gears up for Christmas
Monday, 29 November 2010
For almost 10 years now the internet has been going to 'kill' traditional 'bricks and mortar' retailers. The story goes that new, purely online retail brands will set up and they will take away all of the 'pain' of going shopping and we will never again have ...
Bill Gates' second empire
Monday, 22 November 2010
For most entrepreneurs, building, growing and defending one's empire involves a lifetime of work. But Bill Gates is not most entrepreneurs. ...
Manage that RFP
Thursday, 18 November 2010
The RFP process can be a big source of supplier frustration, or a critical point of competitive leverage. All too often, it is the former, but it doesn't have to be that way. ...
The innate ability to retail
Monday, 08 November 2010
With two retail marketing experts leaving David Jones to join branded product and service vendors, Colette Garnsey and Damian Eales join a list of execs that are comfortably crossing the boundary between retailer and manufacturer. It is for the betterment of ...
America could be facing a new crisis: Gottliebsen
Monday, 25 October 2010
I can smell a major US crisis erupting in the foreclosure morass. Wall Street is dominated by traditional banks and investment banks many of which are engulfed in the mess. However, this week the market will concentrate on earnings reports and economic statistics ...
Welcome to our new era of management
Thursday, 21 October 2010
A few days ago, I visited a friend who is pioneering a new course at the Berkeley's Haas School of Business. The objective of the course is to train graduate students in critical thinking – framing difficult management problems in creative and innovative ways. ...
US group buying giant Groupon hits local rival Scoopon with trademark lawsuit
Thursday, 14 October 2010
US group buying pioneer Groupon has hit local rival Scoopon with a trademark lawsuit in a United States District Court, alleging Scoopon's name is too similar to its own and claiming that Scoopon's owners even registered a company called Groupon Pty Ltd and ...
The future of retailing
Monday, 04 October 2010
The "coming together" of bricks and mortar retailing and online retailing has "been coming" together for almost a decade. With the advent of the internet, the premature death of retailing was called. However, retail stores haven't closed their doors, a number ...
Bonfire of the Vanities
Friday, 01 October 2010
Smart companies will remember the fireworks that could come with Joe Hockey's hope that a series of rate rises will place him on the treasury benches with a baton change in November. ...
Gates named richest man in America for the 17th straight year as Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune soars
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has retained his title of the richest person in the United States for a 17th consecutive year, with Forbes magazine's Forbes 400 list putting his fortune at $US54 billion, well in front of his long-time friend and philanthropic ...
David Jones delivers solid fourth-quarter sales result. Housing affordability slides: Economy Roundup
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Department store giant David Jones has delivered an uncharacteristically upbeat profit forecast after beating analysts' expectations by posting a 1.7% increase in fourth-quarter like-for-like sales. ...
Entrepreneur Shane Yeend claims lack of bank support forced him to sell popular board game titles for $24 million
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Adelaide-based game maker Imagine Entertainment has been forced to sell two of its popular board game titles to a Canadian toy company for $24 million after Westpac reduced the company's banking facilities so drastically that corporate activity practically ...
New data reveals where Warren Buffett, George Soros and John Paulson are putting their money
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Every three months, wealth watchers around the world get a glimpse into the world of investment giants such as Warren Buffet, George Soros and John Paulson when the major investment companies and hedge funds file their data about their portfolios to the US ...
Online retail spending to hit $12 billion in 2010
Monday, 19 July 2010
Online retail spending is expected to grow by 8.5% to $12 billion during 2010, a new Frost & Sullivan report reveals, but the author says hopes of an explosion in eCommerce in Australia are off the mark. ...
