‘Don’t want the limelight’:Who is Booktopia’s low-profile new boss?

‘Don’t want the limelight’:Who is Booktopia’s low-profile new boss?

Not all Australians have heard of camera retailer DigiDirect,much less its owner,Shant Kradjian,a serial entrepreneur and investor based in Sydney.

  • byJessica Yun

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Amazon’s radical plan to fight off Shein and Temu
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Retail

Amazon’s radical plan to fight off Shein and Temu

Amazon looks worried that it can’t beat the two Chinese juggernauts of low-priced online retailing. So it’s decided to join them.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
A series of unfortunate events:Demise of Booktopia is a page turner
Opinion
Insolvency

A series of unfortunate events:Demise of Booktopia is a page turner

A blindingly bright-coloured flag appeared only a month ago when the listed company told the market that directors’ fees for the year would be paid by issuing shares,rather than in cash.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘A bit sleepy’:The Iconic’s new boss wants it to disrupt Australian retail again

‘A bit sleepy’:The Iconic’s new boss wants it to disrupt Australian retail again

Chief executive Jere Calmes hopes to cement the outlet as an essential part of the online infrastructure of fashion as consumers rein in spending.

  • byJessica Yun
Australia’s $63.6b shopping cart:Here’s how your generation spends money online

Australia’s $63.6b shopping cart:Here’s how your generation spends money online

Australians are shopping more frequently but making smaller purchases,as cost-of-living pressures force consumers to balance their budgets.

  • byJessica Yun
Katies,Rivers,Noni B owner to defend ‘flawed’ ACCC lawsuit over failed deliveries

Katies,Rivers,Noni B owner to defend ‘flawed’ ACCC lawsuit over failed deliveries

The budget fashion brands retailer sent out hundreds of thousands of items more than 20 days after customers had ordered them,and in some instances,not at all.

  • byJessica Yun
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More post offices in Sydney,Melbourne to shut amid $182m cost of snail mail

More post offices in Sydney,Melbourne to shut amid $182m cost of snail mail

Our online shopping habit is keeping Australia Post alive,but more post offices are set to close,CEO Paul Graham said.

  • byJessica Yun
Goodman reaches new heights with its first vertical warehouse in Australia

Goodman reaches new heights with its first vertical warehouse in Australia

The multimillion dollar,two-storey property spans across 16,085 squar metres in the heart of South Sydney on a 1.69 hectare brownfield site.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
This China-based online megastore is growing in Australia. It’s also hungry for your data

This China-based online megastore is growing in Australia. It’s also hungry for your data

The China-based e-commerce juggernaut is a hit in Australia,but experts have warned customers to be aware of what data they hand over when shopping.

  • byEmma Koehn
Sentinel gets green light for $225m Newcastle expansion

Sentinel gets green light for $225m Newcastle expansion

Sentinel Property Group is to develop a $225 million distribution hub in Newcastle to cater for the increasing demand for land with direct access to the expanded Port of Newcastle container terminal.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
‘Astounding’:Aussie fashion brands in demand second-hand

‘Astounding’:Aussie fashion brands in demand second-hand

eBay is doubling down its focus on the ‘circular economy’,with its head of fashion saying consumers are hunting quality Australian brands such as Zimmermann.

  • byEmma Koehn