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Australian retailers are continuing their push for government protection from online shopping, and particularly protection from global online retailers. Many of the 100 odd submissions lodged with the Productivity Commission’s inquiry thus far have backed the retailers campaign to have GST levied on imports worth less than $1000, and for matching import concessions to be Click on the title to read more Retailers pushing for protection from online shopping Your ABC, with its online shop at www.abc.net.au, was gonged online retailer of the year in Australia’s newest online retail award programme – the ORIA’s. The government owned national broadcaster also took out the winner of the best multi-channel retailer category in the new awards programme, run as part of promotion for the Online Retailer Click on the title to read more ABC judged best online retailer in new industry awards Online retailers attracted more than 8million Australian visitors during the lead-up to Xmas 2009. That means some 60% of online Aussies were shopping on the Net during December 2009. Surprisingly, that’s an overall increase of only 3% up on 2008, significantly less than the 11% increase in the total Australian Internet audience over the year. Click on the title to read more 60% of online Aussies did ’09 Xmas shopping on the Net A product rather than a customer focus has left Australian online retailers 3 to 4 years behind the rest of the world according to IBM Websphere executive, Peter Domjen. Speaking after the recent Online Retailer conference, where IBM was a major sponsor, Domjen said that IBM’s main product offering for eTailers is called Websphere Commerce. Click on the title to read more Australian online retailers 3 to 4 years behind the world, says IBM |
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