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Brand Collective Migrates 19 Brands to Shopify

Brand Collective, one of Australia’s largest retail groups, has consolidated its digital operations by migrating 19 of its direct-to-consumer brands onto Shopify. The company, which manages labels such as Canada Goose, Reebok, Superdry, Champion, Hush Puppies, Shoes & Sox and Elka Collective, worked with digital agency partner DotCollective to streamline its ecommerce systems. The shift…

October 10, 2025 1:59 pm·

EU Dismisses Apple’s Complaints About Heavy-Handed Regulation

As Channel News reported earlier in the week, Apple is both appealing a €500 million ($820 million) fine imposed by the European Commission in April 2025 under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and protesting what it sees as ongoing and heavy-handed regulation by the EU. Apple executive Greg Joswiak recently accused EU regulators of wanting…

October 10, 2025 1:54 pm·

Rising Inflation Puts Consumer Confidence and Christmas Spending at Risk

In recent months, there seemed good reason to believe inflation had been brought back under control and that interest rates would continue to fall, further boosting consumer confidence. Many retailers were hoping for a strong Christmas shopping season. Unfortunately, Australian households are being squeezed again, with the latest inflation figures showing significant price rises for…

October 10, 2025 1:47 pm·

Singtel And Canberra Address Optus Crisis

The Optus emergency call fiasco has deepened, with both the Albanese government and Singtel, Optus’s parent company in Singapore, taking tougher stances after two Triple Zero outages in less than two weeks. On September 29, more than 4,500 people south of Sydney were unable to reach emergency services. The failure came just days after a…

October 9, 2025 1:36 pm·

Amazon bets big on ai devices under panos panay

Amazon has overhauled its consumer hardware line-up, unveiling new Echo speakers, Kindle e-readers, Fire TV sticks and Ring cameras. The move underlines how serious Amazon is about competing with Apple and Google in the fast-moving AI devices market. The launch in New York marked the first major refresh under Panos Panay, the former Microsoft hardware…

October 9, 2025 1:30 pm·

Spotify Shake-Up – Ek Steps Down, Co-Presidents Take Charge

Spotify founder Daniel Ek will step down as CEO on January 1, 2026, moving into the role of Executive Chairman after almost 20 years leading the company. Co-Presidents Gustav Söderström, who runs product and technology, and Alex Norström, head of business operations, will become co-CEOs. Ek said the change formalises the way Spotify has already…

October 9, 2025 1:24 pm·

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