Now that the 2017 Christmas and 2018 New Year’s sales have ended, it seems as though there’s a mixed bag of results at the top end of town. However, in the online world, at the small end of town, it was an outstanding four weeks of sales. I’ve written for a couple of years now […]
For Melbourne food tech startup EatClub, landing the backing of celebrity chef Marco Pierre White didn’t involve deep industry or personal connections, nor huge marketing campaigns or reachouts. It just took one cold email. “As we were sitting down deciding we wanted to pursue this business, we wanted to see if we could get some […]
In their book on remote work, founders of project management startup Basecamp, Jason Fried and David Heinemeir Hansson, say business meetings should be like salt. “Too much salt destroys a dish. Too many meetings destroy morale and motivation,” they write. As your team rolls into the office eager to start 2018 on a high note, […]
As Australian companies welcome the new year, IBISWorld reveals the top five industries expected to grow — and shrink — over coming months. The top predicted performer for 2017-18 is the wind and other electricity generation industry, with a bumper year of 35.3% growth anticipated. IBISWorld anticipates that sports and recreation facilities operation, dairy cattle farming, petroleum […]
For Cardly co-founder Patrick Gaskin, the unassuming industry of greeting cards is a gold mine of opportunity. It’s not just the potential $17 billion market across the US, UK, and Australia, he says. It’s also the growing desire from individuals and businesses to return to more personal forms of correspondence, without the hassle. “People want […]
“Right-sizing” looks set to become a top retail buzzword of 2018, say experts, with outdoor clothing company Mountain Designs to close one in three of its 39 bricks-and-mortar retail stores this year. The company, launched in Brisbane in 1975 by climber Rick White, has confirmed it will close 13 stores over the coming months, as […]
The Townsville Magistrates Court has ordered a former travel agent to pay three families $24,000 in compensation after she plead guilty to five counts of wrongly accepting payment for services she failed to book or provide refunds for. The owner of Travel Experience Charters Towers faced court after the Office of Fair Trading Queensland brought […]
Business-to-business (B2B) companies are losing control over the customer experience due to convoluted buying processes and disconnected channel partner networks, according to a recent study. Accenture Strategy’s B2B Customer Experience 2017 study, surveying 1350 sales and customer service executives from B2B organisations around the world, found that just 21% of respondents believe they have total […]
Graphic design startup Canva has joined the ranks of Atlassian, becoming Australia’s next tech unicorn after closing a $US40 million ($50.9 million) capital raise that officially values the company at $US1 billion. The funds were raised in a round led by Australian venture capital firm Blackbird Ventures and joined by Sequoia Capital and Felicis Ventures. […]
Kate Burridge, Monash University The piece around workplace jargon is moving forward, with the team hitting the ground running. We’ve got our ducks in a row, have drilled down into our learnings — let’s run it up the flagpole and see the result. Clearly we need to enter 2018 with a fresh set of expressions […]
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