ELECTRONIC COMMERCE – AUSTRALIA

Dick Smith customers get ‘opt-out’ offer

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Original article by Sue Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 : 16-Mar-16

Kogan’s acquisition of Dick Smith Holdings’ online business includes a database of about one million members of its customer loyalty program. Ferrier Hodgson, acting as receivers and managers of Dick Smith, has advised the failed group’s customers that they must request the removal of their personal details from the database by 22 March 2016 if they do not want to receive offers from Kogan. The company’s founder, Ruslan Kogan, plans to undertake a $A300m IPO.

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DICK SMITH HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX DSH, KOGAN TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD, FERRIER HODGSON AND COMPANY, HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX HVN, JB HI-FI LIMITED – ASX JBH

Dick Smith brand to be resurrected by e-commerce pioneer

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Original article by Sue Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 18 : 15-Mar-16

Australian businessman Ruslan Kogan has bought Dick Smith Holdings’ intellectual property through an auction run by the receiver of the failed consumer electronics retailer. The size of the deal has not been disclosed. The site DickSmith.com.au will operate independently of Kogan.com. Kogan wants to list his company on the Australian stock exchange and raise $A300 million from investors.

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KOGAN TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD, DICK SMITH HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX DSH, FERRIER HODGSON AND COMPANY, HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX HVN, JB HI-FI LIMITED – ASX JBH, KPMG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

The state of Australia’s $37.8b online shopping landscape

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Dec-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that Australians spent an estimated $A37.8 billion online in the year to June 2015. About 4 in 10 Australians buy at least one product online during an average four-week period. The new State of the Nation Retail Spotlight report shows that 6.5 per cent of Australians aged 14+ now buy tickets to shows, movies or events online in an average four weeks. This is followed by travel (6.4 per cent), women’s clothing (5.6 per cent), books (5.2 per cent) and music downloads (4.8 per cent). Roy Morgan Research CEO Michele Levine says it is important that traditional retailers stop viewing online as a threat, and instead as an opportunity to reach and appeal to customers in different ways.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Online grocery shopping still niche (but not for much longer)

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Oct-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey, which was carried out in the year to June 2015, has found that 12.8 million Australians aged 14+ are their household’s main grocery-buyer, yet only three per cent (389,000 people) do their supermarket shopping online in an average four weeks. However, this is a substantial increase on 2011, when 169,000 grocery buyers were making their supermarket purchases online. The survey also shows that 3.8 per cent of women and 1.8 per cent of men do their supermarket shopping online. Meanwhile, the proportion of Australian grocery-buyers who purchase alcohol online in any given four weeks has risen from 1.6 per cent (or 196,000 people) in 2011 to 3.1 per cent (398,000 people).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Number might be up for low-cost online imports

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Original article by Fleur Anderson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 24-Jul-15

GST revenue could rise by about $A1.7bn annually within five years after the Council of Australian Governments agreed to reduce the tax-exempt threshold for goods purchased from offshore websites from $A1,000 to just $A20. Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry CEO Kate Carnell says the move will reduce the unfair advantage that online retailers based overseas enjoy at the expense of local retailers.

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COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, RETAIL COUNCIL LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION

Buying car parts and accessories online

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 15-Jul-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 40 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (or 7.7 million people) made at least one purchase via the internet in an average four weeks during the year to March 2015. This compares with 5.3 million in March 2011. The survey also shows that the number of Australians who have bought an automotive product online in an average four weeks has risen from 219,000 to 306,000 over this period. Meanwhile, people who regard themselves as "as a bit of a car enthusiast" are almost 200 per cent more likely than the average Australian to buy auto parts online in an average four weeks.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Westpac buys stake in payments start-up

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Original article by James Eyers
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 25-Jun-15

PromisePay has raised $US2m ($A2.6m) in seed funding from several venture capital funds, including the Westpac-owned Reinventure Group. PromisePay was founded in 2014 and offers a payment platform for online marketplaces such as Jobstream and Flippa. PromisePay forecasts strong growth in revenue in 2015-16. Reinventure has previously invested in SocietyOne, Nabo and Zetaris.

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PROMISEPAY, REINVENTURE GROUP PTY LTD, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, JOBSTREAM, FLIPPA.COM PTY LTD, SOCIETYONE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NABO COMMUNITY, ZETARIS PTY LTD, RAMPERSAND HOLDINGS PTY LTD, CULTIVATION CAPITAL, 99DESIGNS PTY LTD, SQUARE, SIXTHIRTY, KIMA VENTURES, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, ERICSSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FUJITSU AUSTRALIA LIMITED, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK PLC, BRAINTREE LABORATORIES INCORPORATED, UBER TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, AIRBNB INCORPORATED, EBAY INCORPORATED, CRAIGSLIST, GUMTREE.COM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, CARSALES.COM LIMITED – ASX CAR

Shoes of Prey steps away to LA

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Original article by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 37 : 16-Jun-15

Online retailer Shoes of Prey will pursue growth in markets such as Asia, Europe and the Middle East, according to co-founder Jodie Fox. However, the US is the Australian company’s primary target for expansion, and as a result it will relocate to Los Angeles. Shoes of Prey’s three co-founders and 20 employees will move to the US, while a number of employees will continue work out of the Sydney office.

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SHOES OF PREY PTY LTD, NORDSTROM INCORPORATED, DAVID JONES LIMITED

Just Eat paid ‘crazy’ amount for Menulog, say Delivery Hero

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Original article by Yolanda Redrup
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 25-May-15

Delivery Hero CEO Clive Thorpe believes that about $A400m would have been a more appropriate sale price for Australian online food delivery group Menulog. UK-based Just Eat has agreed to pay $A855m for Menulog, which had 6.3 million orders in the year to March 2015. In contrast, Delivery Hero recently paid $US589m ($A752m) for Turkey-based Yemeksepeti, whose monthly orders exceed three million.

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MENULOG PTY LTD, JUST EAT LIMITED, DELIVERY HERO HOLDING GMBH, YEMEKSEPETI, ORIENTAL TEA HOUSE, DAVID’S, EAT NOW SERVICES PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD

Hockey to tax global giants

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 12-May-15

The Australian Government’s May 2015 Budget will feature spending initiatives that will cost up to $A10bn. It includes $A3.5bn for childcare and an additional $A450m for national security. Meanwhile, the Government has announced that downloading digital content from offshore providers will attract the GST, while it will crack down on international corporations that avoid their tax liabilities by shifting profits overseas. However, it has ruled out a so-called "Google Tax".

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE, THE TAX INSTITUTE, ARNOLD BLOCH LEIBLER, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET