‘Tis the season to beware of SKIMMING
With only five per cent of all credit card fraud being reported to
the police and in the context of credit card debt soaring to a record
$21 billion in September, Australia is in danger of becoming happy
hunting ground for sophisticated counterfeiters.
Visa International fraud specialist Ian McKindley attributes much
of a rise in credit card fraud to a massive shift from stealing cards
to counterfeiting them.
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Youth must be served, DJ decides
Merchandising director Mark McInnes has been named Chief Executive
Officer of David Jones Ltd and takes up his new role when Peter
Wilkinson retires from the post at the end of January next year. Mr.
McInnes, 37, will also join the Board of David Jones.
He joined the company in July 1997, and has worked in the retail
industry for 20 years. He has an MBA from Melbourne University.
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Lend Lease names new CEO
Greg Clarke, former CEO of Cable & Wireless Communications plc
has been named managing director and CEO of the Lend Lease group.
He has more than 20 years experience in international business
development operations with career roles that include vice-president
Cellular (Paris) for Nortel Communications, and CE Mobile, Cable &
Wireless Mobile plc.
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Database targets household spenders
Recent homebuyers who are likely to spend up on ‘big ticket’
household items and renovations can now be accurately targeted across
NSW.
HomeSale, from FIO Consulting, is a database package that provides
the names, addresses and newly listed telephone numbers of recent
home purchasers.
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Keycorp steps up security options
Secure electronic transaction solutions provider Keycorp Ltd has
signed a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Precise
Biometrics, a leading developer of biometric security solutions, to
develop and market the world’s most secure biometric-enabled
smartcard operating system.
Under the agreement, Precise Biometrics will integrate its Precise
BioMatic C technology into Keycorp’s MULTOS operating system,
enabling fingerprint matching to be performed at the transaction
point.
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US sets up Dot-Kids domain
President Bush has just signed legislation that seals off a
G-rated “neighbourhood” for kids on the Internet.
The Dot-Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act creates a dot-kids
domain within the dot-us addressing space in the United States.
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Product showcase
Make way for water casks
A new packaged water called Drench your Thirst is being
marketed in 5litre slimline casks.
Drench founder Chris Rath says the idea of providing
consumers with five litres of water in a funky case came about after
he realised there was not a product on the market that provided a
convenient-sized package of water which looks attractive and is easy
to store, pack and pour.
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Focus on supply chain best practice
Which countries and companies exemplify best practice in their
supply chain and logistics operations? What are the key issues facing
supply chain practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region if they are to
keep abreast of the world’s best?
These are core questions facing professionals in today’s
supply chain arena if they are to successfully compete within a
global environment of excellence. Many will attend Smart 2003, the
region’s leading conference for supply chain management, March
26-27, 2003 to gain insight and industry direction about some of the
world’s top performing companies.
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Pay rise flow-through
Recruitment agency Frontline Retail’s
Annual Salary Guide 2002
shows a significant increase in the average salary of assistant
managers and salespeople nationally, as well as at the department
manager level in Sydney.
According to managing director Debbie Davis, there’s been a
flow-on effect in retail salary rises in the past six years.
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Supply chain award for Campbells
A division of Metcash Trading Ltd, Campbells Cash & Carry, has
won an important industry trophy for the conception and
implementation of its ground-breaking distribution technology, called
the Put To Light warehousing system.
At the annual National Supply Chain and Materials Awards night,
held recently at Parramatta, the Comino Trophy - Storage &
Handling of Materials Award was presented to Dominic Wong, national
commercial manager of Campbells Cash & Carry's parent company,
Metcash Trading Ltd.
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Ignore safety issues at your peril
By Heechung Sung*
The deadline for compliance under NSW’s new Occupational
Health and Safety Act 2000 has passed. But be warned - compliance is
absolute and can not be delegated.
The duties are ongoing and matters of safety must be considered to
be an evolving process and thus reviewed on a timely basis. But while
non-compliance might bring about severe penalties, these are nothing
compared to the costs to lives that ignoring safety issues brings.
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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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