With many leading USA retailers trialling beacon technology, Woolworths is said to be trialling beacon technology with iPhones at its new store in the eastern Sydney suburb of Double Bay, according to The Australian newspaper. The technology will notify selected shoppers of special offers or product updates on their smartphones while they walk through shopping […]
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The Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR) is conducted once a decade, and provides a snapshot of the sexual health and well-being of the Australian population and provides information essential for the development of policy and the delivery of sexual and reproductive health programs across Australia. The second Australian Study of Health and Relationships
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KFC, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, is using an Aruba Networks Wi-Fi solution with features designed for today’s savvy retailers to promote customer engagement and increase time in-store, as well as to deliver tailored marketing and promotional offers. According to Saqib Hussnain, Enterprise Systems Manager at KFC, “KFC is a contemporary brand, that aims to
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NCR Corporation has announced that, together with ANZ, they will introduce the world’s first EMV secure ATM ‘Tap & PIN’ Near Field Communication (NFC) solution. Tap & Pin will allow ATMs to read card data without the card being inserted into a reader – providing increased speed, security and defense against skimming. ANZ Australia CEO,
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Parcel Connect – a new parcel pick up and drop off service offered by Fastway Couriers – allows customers to send, collect and return parcels from businesses that trade extended hours. This week, Parcel Connect announced a nationwide partnership with Nparcel – an Australia-wide network of over 800 outlets, owned and operated by the Victorian
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Kimberly-Clark Australia’s Kleenex® Cottonelle® brand has provided consumers in Sydney and Melbourne with an exciting high-rise experience, taking them to a ‘new level of clean’. Over recent weeks, the Kleenex Cottonelle brand set up an experiential stand in high traffic locations in Sydney and Melbourne, and offered passers-by the opportunity to test Kleenex Cottonelle Flushable
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Schweppes Australia has announced its Tullamarine manufacturing site will undergo a $17.4 million expansion, boosting productivity and creating 10 new highly skilled jobs. The plastic bottle manufacturing facility is expected to enhance capacity and capability as the new line introduces ‘stretch blow fill’ bottling technology. Schweppes Australia is part of the Asahi Beverages group which
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NCR Corporation has announced that it is upgrading Coles Supermarkets’ NCR FastLane SelfServ™ Checkout lanes with NCR Note Recycling capability. The Note Recycling solution will assist Coles to lower cash floats and reduce replenishment cycles as it recycles cash notes accepted in self-checkout machines, dispensing them as change in subsequent transactions. In addition, the Note
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Roy Morgan Research has found that the proportion of Australians who buy soap in an average four-week period has shrunk almost 10% over the last five years, while supermarket house brands have grown to become the fourth most popular soap brand. The latest data from Roy Morgan shows that after four consecutive annual declines, just
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New infrastructure aimed at bringing EFTPOS payments products such as online, contactless and mobile payments to market significantly faster and more efficiently went live last week, signalling a new era for Australia’s EFTPOS as a central payments hub. EFTPOS, which accounts for about 70% of debit card transactions, is owned by the big four banks,
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As petrol fraud continues to hit petrol convenience retailers, with unattended petrol pumps favourite places for thieves to test stolen or counterfeit credit cards, global payments technology company Visa has rolled out new software to help retailers cut off thieves at the petrol pump. “While global fraud rates across the Visa payment system remain near
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A recent Cancer Council Victoria survey found strong public support for limiting the availability of tobacco products, according to anti-tobacco smoking group Quit Victoria this week. Quit Victoria policy manager, Kylie Lindorff, said the survey revealed significant and rising levels of public support for limiting the number of venues from which tobacco products can be
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Large retailers are gaining volume discounts on credit card interchange fees, while small-medium-sized retailers including convenience stores are being slugged with much higher credit and debit card and eftpos ‘interchange’ fees than large national chains such as Coles and Woolworths. This is happening under an interchange fee system that hasn’t changed much since 2006-08, regulated
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