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Clive Peeters Looking For Cash As Sales Slump And Profits Evaporate

Shares in appliance and consumer electronics retailer, Clive Peeters, have fallen 34% today after the company reported a $4.5 million dollar loss with little hope of future profits from the...

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Dick Smith Moves To Copy JB Hi Fi In The Appliance Market

Dick Smith is looking to mirror the success of JB Hi Fi's move into small appliances with the launch of 100 new ConnectedHome concept designed to specifically appeal to people...

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Aggressive JB Hi-Fi Nab ex-Dicks Sales Boss

JB Hi-Fi nab ex Dick Smith commercial sales boss as it chases growth

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Apple Fans Get Ready For Big Store Opening

Apple's first retail store in Australia will open on George Street in Sydney on Thursday, 19 June at 5:00 p.m., with the company looking to repeat the success of other...

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Now Kenwood Goes After Boston Marantz And Denon

D&M Holdings the owners of the Marantz, Denon and Boston brands is up for sale and during the past few weeks their shares have rocketed by over 40% as big...

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Dick Smith Grows 9%

Sales at the Woolworths group's Australian and NZ consumer electronics stores - including the Dick Smith chain - grew 9 percent to $839 million in the six months to December...

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As Oz Businesses Suffer Govt. Considers Online Tax

Australia's peak economic advisory body claimed there are justified grounds to charge GST on internet purchases of $1000 and less.

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Kodak Is NOT Here: Harvey Norman Gets Rap For Baiting Consumers

Six Harvey Norman stores in WA have received fines for carrying false ads.

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Samsung & GPEG Invent Video Wall With No Gaps

According to reports, by using either 40 or 46-inch Samsung digital information display panels, a video wall that removes the unsightly gaps found with other LCD solutions can be constructed.

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JB Hi Fi Storms Home 40% Profit Lift

Consumer electronics retailer JB Hi Fi has defied the market by reporting a bumper 40% increase in profits and a sales increase of 28%. The Company also believes that the...

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