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Woolies chief tells retailers to stop complaining about GST and online shopping

Woolies CEO Grant O'Brien

Woolworths new chief executive, Grant O’Brien, has called on his fellow retailers to stop complaining about the $1000 minimum for the collection of Goods & Services Tax on imports. In  a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce last weekO’Brien outlined Woolies ambitious plans for multi-channel retailing. He said that

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Growth slows at Wotif.com growth even as flight bookings takeoff.

Wotif.com managing director, Robbie Cooke

Latest results for the ASX-listed, Australian, online travel and accommodation bookings company – Wotif.com (ASX Code: WTF) showed only a modest increase in revenues, even though profits were up 12%. Accommodation booking revenues were up only 3% for the six months to December 31st 2011 when compared to the

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Realestate.com.au says 25% of all property views now from mobile

Users of Apple iPhones and iPads are driving growth in property views at Australia’s biggest real estate site – www.realestate.com.au. Realestate.com.au is owned by the REA Group, which reported the data on mobile use along with its latest financial results. “About a quarter of [REA Group] total property views come from mobile devices” said a

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SEEK profit jumps, says LinkedIn is no real competition.

Australia’s market-leading online employment classifieds business – SEEK, has reported another half of strong profit growth, and been rewarded with a 10% jump in its share price. SEEK’s online employment classifieds business once again grew strongly in both Australia and internationally, delivering the company an overall net profit after tax of $AUD41.2million. Moreover the company

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The End of Facebook Commerce?

According to a recent Bloomberg article, leading US retailers including GameStop, Gap Inc., J.C. Penney and Nordstrom have all closed their Facebook shops over the past year. That prompted UK ecommerce expert, and founder of UK vendor, Seewhy.com, Charles Nicholls, in a post published on the company blog earlier this week, to say that this

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