Published on December 17, 2010 by Technology Slice
Shops Must Give Refunds – Consumers have the same rights to a refund or exchange on defective or imperfect sale items as they do on full-priced products. And, according to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel, they always have. The retail myth was quashed after an ACCC investigation into the parent company of [...]
Tags: Australian Competition, Christopher Zinn, Circumstances, Commission Chairman, Consumer Contract, Consumers, Fashion Chains, Fashion Retailers, Graeme Samuel, Honour, Jigsaw, Liberties, Mr Samuel, myth, Parent Company, Retail Stores, Shoppers, Spokesman, Timely Reminder, Webster
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Published on October 19, 2010 by Technology Slice
iPad sales in Australia have finally hit 250,000. This is actually surprising considering the small market for the ipad here. The iphone was a mega hit because everyone was already using mobile phones at the time of the release. The ipad however is in a market most Australians don’t even bother with. There’s desktops, laptops, [...]
Tags: apple, Australia, australians, Consumers, Desktops, Doctors, Ipad, iphone, Laptops Notebooks, Mobile Phones, Patient Records, Web Surfing Experience
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Published on October 15, 2010 by Technology Slice
Commonwealth Bank boss Ralph Norris has talked about the funding “pressures” the bank is facing and how they will be forced to raise rates above and beyond the Reserve Bank of Australia. This comes on the back of a decision by the reserve bank to keep interest rates as they are. Other banks have not [...]
Tags: Australian Economy, australians, Balance Sheets, Bank Of Australia, Banks In Australia, Boss, Commonwealth Bank, Consumers, Dollar Bonuses, Global Financial Crisis, Independent, interest rates, joke, Massive Lawsuit, Participants, Ralph Norris, Reserve Bank Of Australia, Small Business
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Published on October 13, 2010 by Technology Slice
Retail sales have been on the decline recently but this doesn’t necessarily mean consumers are holding onto their money. Soppers are making more purchases online instead of in the traditional way. As time goes on consumers are getting more adept at making purchases online. They buy their products from websites such as ebay and the [...]
Tags: Belongings, Clutter, Consumers, Decline, Dick Smith, Ebay, Extra Cash, Going Out Of Business, Money, Online Retail, Online Shopping, Retail Sales, Retail Shops, risk, Shoppers, Smart Retailer, trading post, Trend
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Published on October 5, 2010 by Technology Slice
Interest Rates Set To Rise Through Christmas – Interest rates have been at a historic low for a long time and now it seems, the RBA is ready to start lifting them. The RBA has seen opportunity to raise rates in past but have refrained from doing so citing external factors such as the large [...]
Tags: christmas, Christmas Period, Consumers, Debt Burden, Europe, External Factors, Good Shape, House Sales, Housing Market, Inflation, Interest Rate Hike, Interest Rates Unemployment, Long Time, Opportunity, Rba, Steam, stress
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