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Wal-Mart bets big on online fashion
Business, Reuters, Published on 19/04/2017
» Wal-Mart Stores Inc's bid for clothing retailer Bonobos, which surfaced last week, is the latest step in the company's attempt to recover lost ground against Amazon.com Inc and others in the rapidly growing online fashion world, analysts and retail consultants say.
Australian farmers look to employ tech-savvy grads
Business, Reuters, Published on 07/02/2017
» SYDNEY - Parts of Australia's farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the sector swaps its bucolic past for a future of drones, robots and automated sensors.
New entrant threat to auto industry
Business, Reuters, Published on 10/10/2016
» German logistics giant Deutsche Post AG has quietly designed and made its own electric delivery van, exploiting sweeping changes in manufacturing technology which could upend the established order in the auto industry.
Digital revolution in luxury market
Business, Reuters, Published on 03/10/2016
» When LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE hired former Apple Inc music executive Ian Rogers to craft a digital strategy, investors may have hoped for some quick results. If so, they are probably disappointed.
Chinese 'daigou' army reboots Australian industry
Business, Reuters, Published on 16/08/2016
» SYDNEY: In 2013, student Na Wang began shipping fish oil capsules to China from Sydney to help pay the rent. Now, she's in business, part of a growing army of Chinese shopping agents sending Australian food and diet pills home to feed rampant demand.
Wal-Mart buys online retailer to better fight Amazon
Business, Reuters, Published on 10/08/2016
» Wal-Mart Stores Inc, vying to better challenge Amazon.com Inc, will pay about $3 billion for internet retailer Jet.com and its innovative pricing software in the largest-ever deal for an e-commerce start-up.
Pokemon Go could be next big marketing tool for retailers
Reuters, Published on 14/07/2016
» NEW YORK - Pokemon Go, a mobile game that has rocketed to the top of Apple Inc and Android app stores in record time, looks set to challenge young internet companies which specialise in increasing foot traffic for small businesses and may end up playing a role in major brands' marketing, according to industry experts.
NBTC, central bank join forces to boost cybersecurity
Reuters, Published on 17/06/2016
» The telecoms regulator and central bank said on Friday they had agreed steps to improve cybersecurity for electronic transactions via mobile phones as the country pursues a goal to become a cashless society.
Brazil shoemaker strides deeper into US market
Business, Reuters, Published on 23/03/2016
» SAO PAULO: Shoemaker Arezzo & Co is fighting for a bigger share of the cutthroat US market, a place many other Brazilian manufacturers fear to tread, with a flagship Los Angeles store opening next month and a planned nationwide rollout in 2017.
Apple 'privacy czars' in internal battle over user data collection
News, Reuters, Published on 22/03/2016
» As Apple feuds with the US government over iPhone privacy protections, the tech giant is also grappling with internal conflicts over privacy that could pose challenges to its long-term product strategy.