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Australian Stories

Retail stories

Samsung launches broad Black Friday deals in Australia

Australian shoppers can expect weekly flash sales and partner discounts across Samsung's phones, TVs and appliances throughout November.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week

eCommerce

ShopX launches global retail media group across 27 markets

The group aims to help brands measure in-store sales more clearly as retail media shifts beyond online conversion channels into physical shopping.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week

Data governance

Seer Data launches AI platform for tracking impact

As scrutiny grows over billions in grants and donations, the platform aims to cut weeks of manual reporting and give organisations clearer evidence of impact.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month

Robotics

Why strategic supply chains generate savings for FMCG companies

Long-term planning can cut freight, inventory and disruption losses for FMCG firms by avoiding design mistakes that short-term fixes miss.

By Adrian Grunbach • 5 min read • Last month

Artificial Intelligence

Australians may switch retailers over AI price checks

Retailers face a loyalty test this peak season as 85% of Australians say they would switch if AI finds the same product cheaper elsewhere.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Global Stories

Retail stories

Edge Computing

Global data centre market to hit USD $645bn by 2032

Rising cloud and AI demand is set to nearly double global data centre spending to USD $645 billion by 2032, the study says.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week

Multi-factor authentication

Cybercriminals hijack LLM access, racking up bills

Victims can face six-figure charges in hours as stolen credentials let attackers run large language models on company accounts.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week

Small Business

The surcharge ban didn't remove the cost of card payments. It moved it, and small businesses are carrying it

Small retailers face thinner margins unless card fees fall through to merchant plans, with borrowing power also likely to weaken later.

By Nick Lim • 5 min read • Last week

DevOps

Avocado Consulting buys AI Consulting Group in expansion

The tie-up adds 20 specialists and gives Australian clients a broader AI offer as demand shifts from trials to production and oversight grows harder.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 6 days ago

Digital Transformation

V2 AI appoints three senior leaders amid AI growth

The consultancy is boosting capacity as more clients seek help turning AI trials into scaled deployments across the region.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

VentraIP warns slow landing pages can sink Black Friday

Retailers risk wasting paid media unless campaign pages can cope with Black Friday traffic surges, VentraIP says.

By Mara Sugue • 5 min read • Last week

Digital Signage

Bstore expands Fusion Signage across 11-store network

The upgrade lets the footwear retailer tailor messages to individual screens, cutting manual work as it expands its digital signage network.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Internet of Things

Cloudflare reports surge in smaller, shorter DDoS attacks

Businesses face more frequent disruption as Cloudflare says 96% of network-layer attacks now end in under 10 minutes and stay below 1 Gbps.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

Retail stories

Fintech

Coupang & OpenAI host Singapore AI Grand Prix hackathon

The overnight contest drew 60 Singapore entrants and handed winners USD $13,000 in OpenAI API credits, with participants testing Codex on shopping tasks.

By Regine Laguilles • 3 min read • Last week