The Australian, Entrepreneur AUSTRALIA is behind the rest of the world with online shopping. According to online researcher Hitwise, just 6.75 per cent of Australian internet traffic last month was for shopping and classifieds. In the US, 9.54 per cent and Britain 9.61 per cent of traffic was in this category. In the DVD market, 10 per cent of US households have rented online; in Australia it’s under 1 per cent. The good news is that this means there is […]
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Anada tapas restaurant on Gertrude St
I want crispy rabbit with alioli The English want to watch football. The Spanish bullfighting. They scream and shout at each other. Hair is pulled. Somebody spits in another’s face. The police arrive wearing their funny hats and, worrringly, with machine guns. Such are the memories of some pretty dreadful tapas and raciones in Spain, Benidorm to be precise. Much of the same rubbish has now come to Australia, although thankfully we don’t have to sit through the “Full English […]
Exclusive: Ferran Adria says blogs are the big food revolution
Thanks to Matt Preston, creative director of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, for sharing his exclusive from El Bulli’s Ferran Adria: I caught up with Mr Adria and a few journos at MadridFusion08 in Jan. His opening response was to a question about what the big changes in food were this year. His answer was translated from Spanish so there may be nuances missed by the translator but the inference was that there has been a explosion in blogs. […]
Art in the right place
The Australian, Entrepreneur ARTIST or businesswoman? The question is one that’s often asked about Abigail Crompton. She started her career creating museum shop souvenirs for the National Gallery of Victoria and Craft Victoria, which gave her the idea to make art a business — the Third Drawer Down Gallery. She kicked off with 200 tea towels her father had given her. She decorated five herself before becoming bored and farming out the decorating to others. This was the beginning of […]
Your bank, exclusively
The Australian, Wealth Qualifying is half the battle to be a customer of a private bank, Ed Charles reports | February 28, 2007 THE world of private banking consists of an exclusive club of retail bank clients and an elite club of global private bank clients. The level of personal service you get and what you pay will depend very much on how much money you have. At the very least for membership of this club you will need assets […]
High-end bankers aim high
The Australian, Wealth IT isn’t possible to have too much money. But it is possible to have too little debt. This is one of the main differences between choosing private banking services from the private banks born on the shores of Lake Geneva and local retail banks born on the Yarra or Sydney’s harbour. Both kinds of banks cultivate an air of exclusivity but in reality most are open for business from the increasing number of high-net-worth individuals in Australia. […]
Private banking: personal service cost
The Australian, Wealth INTERNATIONAL banks are targeting the Australian market to provide high-end private banking services that don’t necessarily involve mortgages. Both HSBC and Citibank have launched private banking packages: Premier and Citigold, respectively. They have less stringent requirements than the local so-called private retail banks, but are nevertheless aimed at wealthy people. British banking group HBOS is also building its share of the local market through its BankWest brand, which is expanding on the east coast and offers private […]
The best Valentines advice you’ll ever get
Stay at home and avoid: – substandard overpriced fixed menu meals – overpriced sparkling wine masquerading as champagne. – overcrowded restaurants – wandering minstrels – gypseys selling roses – hype
In the trenches: marketing in China
IN THE BLACK: In the trenches Cool customers: the growing Chinese consumer goods market may give us the greatest lessons about understanding the customer. By Ed Charles Knowing your customer is essential to the success of any business enterprise. China is the market that many multinationals are concentrating on. So how does one begin to understand this rapidly expanding and complex market? The scale and the nuances of China are bewildering. Nearly 80 per cent of the country’s people are […]