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Retailers hit as budgets shrink
FURNITURE and electrical retailer Harvey Norman is the latest to warn of a sales slump in June as food inflation, higher interest rates and surging fuel prices crimp household budgets.
The Australian Business - Published 2 days, 6 hours ago
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Office chairs available from The Chair Man
The Chair Man offers a complete range of quality office chairs to go with pre-existing office furniture.
Ferret Product - Published 2 days, 11 hours ago
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Van Lieshout looks for bargains
CASHED-UP investor John van Lieshout, who sold his Super A-Mart furniture chain two years ago for $500 million, has been scouring the Brisbane office market for bargains as wealthy private investors emerge as the likely buyers for the weight of property on the sales block.
The Australian Property News - Published 4 days, 6 hours ago
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It's the little things
When it comes to creating the right impression for your small business, it is often the little things that can make all the difference. It could be anything from the way you answer the phone to whether your workplace has dirty coffee stains on the furniture. Of course, it also depends on your target customer. If you think they don't care about the little things, then you don't have anything to worry about. I walked past this sign (pictured) the other day and realised that it hadn't been updated in at least 12 years. Phone numbers in Sydney have started with the digit '9' for at least that length of time. Maybe these business owners assume that everyone knows they should use the digit '9' at the front of the phone number. But what about new arrivals in the country? Or perhaps this is just one item on their 'to-do' list which they haven't gotten around to yet. Maybe they don't have the budget or simply don't think it's a priority. Or maybe they just like the rustic, homely feel that it portrays. Whatever the reason, the reality is that little things do make a big difference when it comes ...
The Australian Enterprise - Published 4 days, 17 hours ago
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Best tactic; intervention, integration?
Taking on a business could be viewed as buying modular furniture. You can rearrange the seating configuration until you are comfortable. TOM McKASKILL
Smart Company - Published 1 week, 5 days ago
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Warehouse Group sales hit
AUCKLAND: The global slowdown in consumer spending has claimed another regional victim. New Zealand discount chain The Warehouse Group, which offers products across fashion, homewares, furniture and stationary, has recorded a $17.7 million decline in sales for the third quarter. The fall represented a 4.3 per cent decline in sales from the same period last year, which saw the company take in $412.3 million. CEO Ian Morrice said although the group had a strong offering across apparel and homewares, categories such as furniture and whitegoods were strongly affected. The announcement followed news that Australian department store David Jones managed a modest 3.8 per cent growth in sales for the third quarter. Both retail giants believe colder weather conditions will help to increase consumer spending.
Rag Trader - Published 1 week, 6 days ago
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Give ex-monk Abbott a go as PM
THE elephant in the room broke up the furniture rather noisily last week.
The Australian - opinion - Published 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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First Ikea store in NYC opens with views of Statue of Liberty
The Swedish furniture retailer Ikea’s latest US store opened Wednesday in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn — the first in New York City, the 35th in America and the only one with views of Manhattan an
The West Australian Your Money - Published 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Malicious spam knocks flat German email users
Hackers disguise their Trojan-infected emails Experts at SophosLabs have warned German computer users to be on their guard against a malicious email which claims to come from home furniture giant Ikea.
Topix - Published 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Retailers use WA to beat consumer blues
Two of Australia’s biggest retailers are using WA to ward off warnings of a slump in consumer spending. Retail mogul Gerry Harvey will open his specialist furniture and bedding chain, Domayne, at C
The West Australian Mining & Industrial - Published 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Radio Rentals plans to sell online
Having cornered the whitegoods, furniture and electrical rental market, Radio Rentals is taking aim at mainstream speciality retailers such as Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi as it prepares to start a new online consumer electronics store.
MIS Financial Review - Published 2 weeks, 6 days ago
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Furniture retailer to close its doors
Furniture retailer to close its doors... 16 Jun 2008 08:07 AM
Business Spectator retail - Published 2 weeks, 6 days ago
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Christie's prices Chippendale hoard at $21m
Christie's in London has come up with another blockbuster sale of Chippendale and other important commissioned furniture, with just 12 major pieces expected to realise some £10 million ($21 million) when they go under the hammer on Wednesday.
Sydney Morning Herald Business - Published 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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Surprise rise in US retail sales
Retail sales in the US rise twice as much as forecast in May as Americans snap up electronics, clothes and furniture.
The Age - Published 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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Cubicle rage
Last week, I opened the discussion on whether it was better to have cubicles or open space. Shortly after that, I came across the clip below showing a worker losing it in a cubicle farm. It's been doing the rounds of the blogosphere all week. I am not sure what's more remarkable - watching this guy hitting someone in the head, throwing a monitor at a woman and then smashing up the office, or wondering why everyone is just sitting there watching him. That's until people finally pull their fingers out and subdue him, Not quite sure what has set him off? The technology? Or maybe he just had enough? Whether this is staged or not (remember, this is the Internet) is not the point (although you have to wonder about all that equipment being destroyed so, for a stunt, it would be a pretty expensive exercise). The clip says something about how working in offices can drive some of us mad. But it also raises another important question: if cubicles are so bad, and if we hate them so much, why do they keep appearing? There are some simple answers. Having worked in places with open floor plans, I ...
Leon Gettler's Management Line - Published 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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