Mobile phone industry slammed
So obsessed is the mobile telephone industry about the debts,
doubts and delays surrounding third generation (3G) mobiles that it
has forgotten the consumer.
The warning comes from the G2 research division of Gartner Inc.,
the prestigious U.S.-based research and advisory firm with associates
in Australia.
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DJ’s Wilkinson scores $385m comeback
Nothing has so become David Jones chief executive Peter Wilkinson
as the manner in which he has kicked off first-quarter results for
the new financial year.
With a 7.5% hike in sales to $385.2 million, he departs the
department store scene in the New Year with a result that leaves the
shareholders smiling, if not laughing all the way to the bank.
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Westfield on the move at Tuggerah, EastGardens
Westfield has lodged two development applications with Wyong
Council, NSW Central Coast, for a $60 million project which will
include a new level One extension and the expansion of the existing
Greater Union cinema complex and Big W discount department store at
Westfield Tuggerah.
These proposed changes complement the current development
application with council for an outdoor restaurant and entertainment
precinct which incorporates a tavern, two café restaurants and
four leisure retail stores surrounding an outdoor area with water
features, dining facilities and an amphitheatre.
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Vic cracks down on slips and trips
WorkSafe Victoria has announced a new enforcement campaign
targeting slips, trips and falls in the retail industry.(See Retail
OneStop, October 24).
Starting this month, WorkSafe inspectors will be visiting retail
workplaces across Victoria.
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‘Purely Australian’ flying high…
The Purely Australian Clothing Company has won the title of Sydney
Airport’s Retailer of the Year.
The award is given to the most outstanding retailer at the airport
who has consistently excelled - not just in one category - but across
the full retail spectrum.
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Spectacular rise at OPSM
Helen Lynch has been appointed chairman of OPSM, replacing Adrian
Lane, who retired after 30 years service with the group.
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Premier lobbied over retail rivalry
The good offices of NSW Premier Bob Carr have been enlisted to
push through a $105 million project in Gosford’s CBD that would
combat retail rivalry with the Lend Lease-managed Erina Fair, on the
NSW Central Coast.(Retail One-Stop, October 31).
Gosford Chamber of Commerce director John Phillips has urged the
NSW Premier to talk to his Planning Minister Andrew Refshauge about
the issue “because Gosford needed a project as visionary as the
proposed Spurbest high-rise development”.
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$150m revamp for Knox City
Knox-Ozone, the second stage of Melbourne’s Knox City
Shopping Centre $150 million redevelopment, opens this month.
The redevelopment involved both Knox City and its adjacent
shopping centre, Knox Towerpoint (renamed Knox O-Zone).
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Paid maternity leave ‘inevitable’ says Seamus Burke*
Employers can take little comfort from the Howard Government’s
apparent internal wrangling and division over the issue of paid
maternity leave.
The issue is one that will ultimately become reality for
businesses and as such employers should consider how to address it.
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Close
This bulletin is edited and compiled by retail commentator John Kingsley-Jones.
John has worked as an Editor, Chief Sub-Editor
and journalist in magazines and newspapers both
in Australia and overseas.
In the past 15 years, he has consulted to a
range of companies and brands such as Unilever,
Mars Confectionery, TipTop, Tooheys, McWilliam's
Wines, Goodyear and BMW.
That's it for this issue of the Retail One-Stop. If you
have any questions or comments please give us a call on 02 9419 8356 or email us
on info@eps.net.au.
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