Blogs

Read a combined stream of all of the latest posts from the various blogs contributed to by MSI Global Alliance members in the ANZ region and worldwide.

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MSI Survey Results

Retailers falling behind with online strategies

Very interesting article from Alec Blacklaw at MSI Perth Accounting Member firm, Marsdens from a recent MSI Global Alliance survey showing that an alarming number of Retailers (42 percent) have not implemented an online business strategy to counter the threat of losing sales revenue to their online counterparts.... read more

Alec Blacklaw MSI Retail Survey

Retailers not embracing online

Interesting article on Brisbane Business News recently with MSI Global Alliance Australian and New Zealand chairman Alec Blacklaw advising that many retailers who have identified an online threat against... read more

Portability of Aus and NZ Superannuation

AUS/NZ transfer of Superannuation

In recent news, MSI Global Alliance was quoted by The Australian Financal Review on the interesting topic of portability of superannuation between Australia and New Zealand. The new super scheme is proposed... read more

Online Shoppers could be hit with GST

Online Shopping could be hit with GST on imported goods

Online shopping has been targeted in proposed GST changes. A government taskforce is proposing a dramatic lowering of the GST-free threshold for goods bought online from overseas retailers in a move that... read more

Facebook estimates 83 million of its accounts are fake

Facebook's fake 83 million user accounts

Accordingly to recent reports, Facebook has admitted that 8.7% of its active accounts are fake, believing that 4.8 percent are duplicates, 2.4 percent are user misclassified and an alarming 1.5 percent... read more

Australian Online sales grow in June 2012

Online sales growth recorded a recovery in June

According to research conducted by NAB, Australia’s total online spending has increased to $11.5 billion in the year ended June 2012. In comparison to traditional retail spending this level is equivalent... read more

Annual Inflation rate eases to 1.2%

Australia's annual inflation rate eases to 1.2pc

Australia's inflation rate has risen, albeit slightly lower than anticipated and is well below the target range of the Reserve Bank of Australia.   These annual inflation figures are seen as crucial... read more

Private supermarket labels soar

Australian Supermarket private-label items soar

A recent study has confirmed that Australian consumers are spending more on supermarket private label grocery products with sales increasing by 85 per cent in the last five years. Staples such as butter,... read more

Ford sacks 440 staff and Thailand offers incentive to car manufacturers

Ford sacks 440 staff whilst Thailand offers tax incentives to Australian car companies

Yesterday Ford annouced it was reducing its Austalian workforce by 440 workers and will be slowing it's production line to 148 vehicles per day from November. The decision comes during a tumultuous... read more

Home lending slides

Home loans fall despite rate cuts but first home owners return

Generous interest rate cuts have failed to boost the number of people taking out home loans as the flow-through effect is expected to take several more months. However overall $ value of loans increased... read more

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