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Betta stays in the lead for customer satisfaction
Betta Electrical has shown its muscle with another win in the Furniture/Electrical Store category in the Roy Morgan Research Customer Satisfaction Awards for the third consecutive month with a 95% satisfaction rating. JB Hi-Fi, which took the lead in January and February, has slipped to second place with a 91% satisfaction rating.
Abboud will mine appliances market via digital app
While Dick Smith CEO, Nick Abboud expects the company’s new ConnectedHome concept to “take market share from everyone” it is his advanced thinking around the way consumers will use small appliances that has informed the new direction.
Leading Edge backs growth with revamped team
Healthy growth has encouraged the Leading Edge Group to restructure and expand its management team by creating a new position, national group manager. Nick Fry, who joined the retailer in 2013, has been elevated into the role. He had previously held the position of Leading Edge head of product and marketing.
Harvey ‘comes out’ in Belfast on back of market growth
On the back of revitalised growth in the Irish market, particularly in homeware and furniture, Harvey Norman has relocated its Newtownabbey site to the former Fultons’ store at Balmoral Plaza off Boucher Road in south Belfast.
Economic growth fading, says Westpac–Melbourne Institute Leading Index
The Australian economy is slowing, according to Westpac’s Chief Economist, Bill Evans who was a presenter last week at the Harvey Norman Electrical Conference in Melbourne.
No coming back to CE for Toshiba after corruption scandal
The impact of today’s shocking fall from grace by Toshiba CEO Hisao Tanaka and his two immediate predecessors, Norio Sasaki, (who has been serving as Toshiba’s vice chairman) and Atsutoshi Sasaki, chief executive from 2005 until 2009 will effectively end the company’s consumer electronics operations, according to analysts.
Industry young guns missing in Award Finals
Despite the breadth of young talent in the industry’s retail sector, there are no appliance or consumer electronics brands represented in the top 25 finalists list for the 2015 NRA Young Retailer of the Year Award released by The National Retail Association (NRA) today.
Deloitte: Retailers’ caught in a digital divide
Digital interactions influenced 40% of in-store retail visits in Australia in 2014, according to the inaugural Deloitte report, ‘Navigating the new digital divide – digital influence in Australian retail’, released today.
Shoppers ‘creeped out’ by facial recognition
As retailers eagerly search for any innovations that are going to increase footfall into stores, UK research reveals that 70% of shoppers would find facial recognition technology that identifies age and gender in order to display product recommendations “creepy”.