eBay Australia has taken another step towards establishing itself as a dedicated retail destination alongside its traditional auction offerings by opening a new Fashion Gallery that showcases products from a number of well-known apparel brands.The move is yet another blow to the bricks-and-mortar fashion industry, which has suffered extensively over the past year with a number of companies falling into administration or receivership as shoppers look offshore for cheap deals.The eBay Fashion Gallery comes after separate eBay locations overseas have set up their own divisions where users can search through apparel products. But local spokesperson Jenny Thomas says eBay Australia isn't promoting the Gallery as a discount bin.
eBay partners with apparel brands to launch dedicated Fashion Gallery
The online business of serving up daily deals has attracted millions of dollars in venture capital and spurred dozens of clones of market leaders Groupon Inc. and LivingSocial Inc. Now the industry is starting to shake out.Enlarge ImageDEALSCloseDEALSRob Bennett for The Wall Street JournalDavid Ambrose likens the online daily-deals business to an 'arms race.'Nearly one-third of all daily-deal sites nationwide—or 170 of 530—have shut down or been sold so far this year, according to daily-deal-site aggregator Yipit.com, including sites with names such as Scoop St. and RelishNYC. Even big operations such as Facebook Inc. and Yelp Inc. that could capitalize on their large audiences to build a daily-deals business have recently pulled back on the service.
Daily-Deal Sites Undergo Shakeout - WSJ.com
Woolworths shopping app – A fresh analysis * September 2, 2011 * Natasha Rawlings (introduction by Australian Food News)IntroductionAustralian Food News recently reported on a new iPhone application introduced by Woolworths for use by its customers. The following presentation was prepared for clients of food industry lawyers FoodLegal, by direct-marketing smartphone guru Natasha Rawlings. Natasha is the CEO of Dealsta, a company that has been developing apps for several industries (although not currently in the supermarket space). Natasha Rawlings has held senior marketing positions in some of the largest direct-marketing companies in the world. In this presentation, Natasha Rawlings reviews the Woolworths app as well as highlighting the recent trends in iPhone / Android applications.
Dealsta » Woolworths – the mobile people
Traditional retailers have only just begun to witness the growth of e-commerce, a new research note from Morgan Stanley has warned, with digital sales tipped to continue growing at more than 20% every year. The bank says a combination of high rents and massive price differences will hurt electronics, department store, clothing and book retailers, adding that it has downgraded price targets for David Jones, Harvey Norman, Billabong and Myer.
Online retail to grow at 20% per year as bricks and mortar suffers: broker
10 lessons Aussie retailers can take from overseas sitesBy Oliver MilmanFriday, 08 April 2011He finally did it. After fulminating strongly against the relevancy, and then, conversely, the damaging impact, of online retailing, Gerry Harvey has decided to take the plunge with Harvey Norman Big Buys. The launch of the site can be seen as somewhat of a watershed moment in Australian online retail. With the, albeit somewhat grudging, roll out of a Harvey Norman eCommerce offering, there’s now no excuse for retail start-ups that fail to look at their online strategy.
10 lessons Aussie retailers can take from overseas sites - Technology
Harvey Norman launches daily deal website
Chris ZapponeApril 7, 2011 - In the latest sign of change gripping the retail sector, Gerry Harvey has waded into the online space with the launch of a daily deal shopping site.The unveiling of the site is a reversal for the head of electronics and furniture chain Harvey Norman, who in November lashed out at the government for allowing consumers to import merchandise, bought online and costing less than $1000, GST free.
Harvey Norman launches daily deal website
DealsDirect sells stake to James Packer-backed fund, gears up for acquisitions
The co-founder of leading Australian online retailer DealsDirect has cheekily paid tribute to Gerry Harvey for raising the profile on his sector after the James Packer-based Ellerston Capital bought a minority stake in the business."Maybe we've got Gerry to thank again," co-founder Paul Greenberg told SmartCompany.
DealsDirect sells stake to James Packer-backed fund, gears up for acquisitions
