Franchised Food Company (FFCo) is continuing its restructure of Cold Rock Ice Creamery, which it acquired last September.  Cold Rock's Queensland support office has moved from the Gold Coast to Brisbane and three new support managers have be...

Marks & Spencer is launching a chocolate wrapper that will grow into flowers.   The paper packaging is impregnated with the seeds of Candytuft flowers, which are known to attract butterflies. The seeded packaging is being used on the ...

A new e-course to help advance careers for Marketing at Retail professionals has been launched by POPAI.  Those involved in the day-to-day world of marketing at retail can stay on top of key issues and trends using the new program, P.O.P e-Cou...

Victorian shopfittings specialist Tasman Engineering is celebrating its 60th birthday this year with a name change to Tasman Group.  Tasman is a family owned company founded in 1950. Initially producing tooling for the automotive industry, i...

The 2010 Telstra Business Awards are now open for nominations from businesses in the retail sector, with entrants offered a ‘free Business Health Check’ to help identify opportunities to grow and expand.  Last year, the retail indu...

Mothercare has opened its first Australian store at Chadstone in Melbourne.  Mothercare has 1000 stores in more than 50 countries, catering to pregnant women, and parents with babies and small children. A second store will open at Doncaster in...

Sportsgirl's Melbourne flagship store and Target have been shortlisted in the World Retail Congress' annual retail competition, the World Retail Awards 2010.  Designed to recognise innovation and creativity delivered by retailers across the ...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued two new publications to help online shoppers and small business owners avoid scams as part of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce's 2010 Fraud Week.  Reflecting the t...

Greeting cards can be embellished with messages of any style, or online attachments or even sold through monthly subscriptions — but the fact remains that most are still just... well, greeting cards.  Not so the Postcarden, a pop-out c...

Website technologies, such as site search and web analytics, made great strides in 2009 as retailers looked for ways to provide richer, more engaging and user friendly experiences – a trend that local company SLI Systems believes will continue ...

Witchery has introduced a new loyalty program spanning its Witchery, WitcheryMan and Witchery Accessories stores.  Launched this week, members will receive news from Witchery, WitcheryMan and Witchery Accessories, as well as exclusive offers...

Matthew Joiner, the joint liquidator of Euroline Group, the Queensland based manufacturer and supplier of kitchen surfaces, is investigating possible insolvent trading and preferential payments to creditors.  Euroline was placed in voluntary...

The franchise sector has welcomed the long awaited Federal Government-commissioned report on the industry.  Minister for Small Business Dr Craig Emerson, released the report from an expert panel set up to look at specific areas of the franchis...

Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the Online Retailer Expo and Conference will be held in Sydney over four days in 2010.  The 2010 event has been bolstered with the inclusion of an extra day, more international spea...

Greek-themed restaurant group Souvlakihut has been rated the fastest growing food franchise on in the BRW Fast Franchises edition this week.  Souvlakihut is a BRW Fast Franchise and is ranked 3rd on the 2010 list. The BRW Fast Franchises lis...