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Best Buy Closes 15 Stores As Customers Shop Online

Best Buy Co.'s Canadian division is closing 15 stores and laying off roughly 900 workers as it struggles to compete with Amazon and other online electronic retailers.

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Rudd’s Recession Isn’t Happening

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's so called recession has been put on hold according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics who today said that the economy grew...

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Struggling In OZ Harvey Norman Chases 19 Per Cent Growth In Malaysia

Harvey Norman, whose sales went backward by 4 per cent in Australia during the last quarter, is now looking for growth in Malaysia according to a report in the Malaysian...

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Harvey Norman Profit Drops 29.6 Percent

Consumer Electronics retailer Harvey Norman who are now under pressure from both Dick Smith, JB Hi Fi and current market conditions has reported a 29 percent fall in first-half profits...

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Priced This Way: Amazon Flogs GaGa At $0.99, iTunes $11.99

Death to iTunes? A massive music battle is underway - and its not between the artists.

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20% SMBs Fear They’re Under Skilled

Australia's small and medium businesses rate shortages of skilled labour as their biggest challenge, a poll by Telstra has found.

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Harvey Norman Ask And Get 45 Days Credit

Harvey Norman is pressuring vendors to change their trading terms to 45 days. In the past they have operated on 30 or under terms depending on their relationship, discounts and...

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Pioneer Electronics To Open Three New Stores

Pioneer Electronics Australia has not denied that it will open their own retail store in Australia. This week in the USA the Company announced that it plans to open three...

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Crazy John Killed Off

Maybe John wasn't crazy enough, as Vodafone kills the mobile store.

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Gerry Hits Out At ‘Bouncy’ Wayne

Forget e-tailers, Gerry Harvey has hit out at Treasurer Wayne Swan, lamenting the misery Aussie retailers are feeling at present.

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