Have you skipped online checkouts for in-person queues lately? With the end of pandemic lockdowns, many Myer (ASX: MYR) customers have, thus driving the department store’s in-person sales up 38% in the five months leading to December 2022. Subsequently, the retailer’s online sales were down 9.4%. Not only does this represent customers’ return to stores
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Bouncing back from Covid stronger than ever, Australian engineering, construction and remediation contractor Duratec Limited (ASX: DUR) has been awarded a $100 million contract with the Australian Department of Defence to undertake wharf and harbour basin maritime upgrade works. The Company will start working on the project immediately, and commencement on-site is scheduled for May
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The first half of FY23 has not gone to plan so far for financial services group Sequoia Financial (ASX: SEQ) having advised that its Half Year earnings has been negatively impacted by several abnormal items affecting short term performance accumulated across four divisions. The impending results have been flagged as falling below budget expectations and
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While tech companies around the world have been shedding jobs with mass layoffs following a turbulent year for tech, eCommerce company Harris Technology (ASX: HT8) tackled the challenging conditions head on and have come out on top following a strategic review. As one of Australia’s high flyers during the pandemic, the online retailer thrived as
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Reports of tech layoffs ruled the roost in 2022. Some companies struggled with labour shortages following the pandemic, while others struggled with retaining the right employees. This followed the resurgence of the ever-dreaded news: robots are taking over human jobs. That’s not quite accurate given that the majority of businesses still rely on human labour.
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Do you know how one of the main selling points of blockchains and crypto is that there are no middlemen with their noses in your business? That prospect is just as attractive in everyday business. Medical regenerative solutions company Osteopore (ASX: OSX) has acquired multiple medical distribution businesses and has now become a vertically integrated
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