Philips TVs back on sale from an unlikely source: Kogan
Philips TVs are back on sale in Australia; and from an unlikely source - the Kogan online store. This is the first time a third party TV brand has been sold by the rogue online retailer.
Tue 30/04/2013 12:00:00 / Read More »Online retailers leading price wars in appliances and electronics
Harvey Norman has the highest advertised prices for whitegoods while Appliances Online is consistently the cheapest. This and other insights are revealed in a report published by Credit Suisse.
Mon 29/04/2013 12:00:00 / Read More »We want your views on the industry (and you'll get some free PR)
Whether it's in private emails, on the phone, in person or in the comments box at the bottom of every article, our readers have a lot of interesting - often controversial - things to say about the retail appliance and electronics sector.
Mon 25/03/2013 12:00:00 / Read More »Dick Smith apologises for incorrect offer, refuses to honour cheap price
Dick Smith Electronics has written to its customers apologising for advertising a 32GB MicroSD memory card for only $8. It will not be honouring this price as it has a Term absolving it for honouring any offer.
Fri 08/03/2013 12:00:00 / Read More »Click Frenzy an embarrassment for online retailers and organisers
The celebration of online retail so heavily promoted by public relations in newspapers has become an embarrassment for the retailers and the organisers, with most of the websites hosting sales crashing due to high demand.
Tue 20/11/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Click Frenzy is a good idea but Australia needs our own Black Friday
There's a new push to increase online sales and it's being supported, perversely, by several traditional retailers. Instead of copying America's Cyber Monday, these stores should be cloning the Black Friday sales.
Tue 13/11/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »First E-Cycle Solutions client revealed, plus updated scorecard
After yesterday revealing that approved TV recycler E-Cycle Solutions had seven clients, Current.com.au can today disclose the first of these.
Wed 22/08/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Quietly recycling Kogan the ultimate ironicist?
UnderCurrent wonders how the most publicity hungry importer of TVs could be so shy to discuss the one genuinely newsworthy thing he's done in a long time.
Wed 22/08/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Competitors bullish after collapse of United Warranties
After news last week that United Warranties has entered into liquidation, the company's competitors have been vocal about their ability to fill the hole left by the company, offering their own services and taking a swipe at United's management.
Mon 16/07/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »How Apple and the major retailers have responded to ACCC iPad 4G demands
It's been one week since Apple promised to provide notification on its website as to the lack of 4Gness of its new iPad. Apple has delivered, updating its website to include the prescribed text, as have several of its authorised resellers.
Tue 03/04/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Best of 2011: Biggest Retail Stories of the Year
Current.com.au is winding up today, but not before we look at the retail stories that got us all talking during 2011. It was a year of new stores, new products and new ways of selling to consumers.
Thu 15/12/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »The fiend in the fine print: Just how competitive is Harvey Norman Online?
Following the launch of Harvey Norman Online last week, Current takes a look at the fine print on prices and procedures. Is Harveys really offering the Best Price, and will other franchises ultimately pay the cost?
Mon 28/11/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Beware of Kogan bearing Galaxy Nexus gifts: the devil is in the detail
Ruslan Kogan's eponymous online store has begun taking orders for the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone to run Android 4.0, known as Ice Cream Sandwich. But there's a catch...
Thu 20/10/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Apple and Canon comment on Kogan's latest move, plus industry feedback
The source of the name brand stock currently being sold on the Kogan online website is uncertain, with none of the brands, or Kogan itself, providing details of their relationship.
Thu 15/09/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Kogan selling Apple, Nikon, Canon, Samsung; including Galaxy Tab 10.1
UPDATED WITH APPLE & KOGAN QUOTES: In a major change of strategy, pureplay online retailer Kogan today began selling name brands, with Apple, Samsung, Nikon and Canon all now available.
Wed 14/09/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »UPDATED: You can't handle the truth - Kogan's message to retailers
Internet retailing entrepreneur Ruslan Kogan has said that retailers should "adapt and innovate" rather than pushing for "government protectionism" by calling for the lowering of GST thresholds on Australian imports.
Wed 20/07/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Swan's STB solution supported by Sony, labelled waste of money by Kogan
The free set top box for seniors plan has been lambasted by Ruslan Kogan, who says it's costing far too much money. Supporting Australians' right to HD pictures is Sony, who has called on the whole industry to do more.
Tue 10/05/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »JB Hi-Fi has the best multichannel offering, expert analyst says
Domestic high street retailers are trailing behind JB Hi-Fi, whose early adoption into the online market has resulted in a fully integrated offering that presents significant sales potential, according to a Macquarie Securities Group analyst.
Thu 10/03/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Myer trumps Kogan but online venture more lost than found
If ever there was a pyrrhic victory to be regretted, it's Myer's win over Kogan in the bet to launch an online site out of China.
Tue 01/03/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Kogan launches Australia's 'cheapest' TVs
While some retailers are being crucified via the social mediascape (think Retail Coalition), others such as online trader Kogan, are using email, Facebook, Twitter and blogs as research tools to access and evaluate the consumer market.
Thu 20/01/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »2010 in Appliances, Digital and Retail: The Winners
For Current.com.au's last day of the year, we look back at 2010 to find out who the biggest winners were throughout the year. There are a couple of digital brands, some appliance players, one retailer and a very unpopular man.
Fri 24/12/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Best of 2010: Biggest Appliance Stories of the Year
Recalls, retorts and Ruslan dominated interest in the appliance industry in 2010. Plus, the cultural phenomon of the year proved it is as popular as people think. Find out what the five biggest appliance stories of the year were.
Wed 22/12/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Kogan's TradeLeaks is a failure of content and research
Ruslan Kogan's attempts to recreate the Wikileaks platform within the retail trade industry has backfired, with his TradeLeaks venture overridden by trolls, phony posters and gratuitous content within hours of its launch.
Thu 16/12/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Kogan launches TradeLeaks for 'retail trade transparency'
Will Kogan be the consumers' champion in the way that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been flagged the people's hero (or villain) for politics?
Thu 16/12/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Harvey Norman and Myer to go offshore for some Chinese Democracy
Two of Australia's most famous retailers are set to open online stores based in China in response to the online retailers currently making inroads into traditional sales.
Mon 06/12/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Feedback galore on Gerry Harvey wanting online taxation
UPDATED: The debate this week concerning taxation on overseas purchases, instigated by Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey, has lead to a record response from Current.com.au readers. Here is a selection from across the industry and consumers.
Fri 26/11/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Online retailer Millennius' first publicity stunt is pathetic
The spoilsport, attention seeking tactics of this new wave of online retailers is cringeworthy, unedifying and obfuscating. In an explosive comment piece, we lift the lid on this unfortunately effective tactic.
Thu 04/11/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Why traditional retail beats online: Gen Y speaks
With consumers having to choose between online and bricks and mortar for their electronic equipment, we investigated what it is that gives traditional stores an advantage over those cheap, cheap prices.
Wed 03/11/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Kogan Lifestyle to sell boats, jet skis and (maybe) cars
Electrical retailers might soon get some respite, with Kogan today revealing is expanding out of the electronics game and into big boys toys. First on the agenda is jet skis, then it's boats and, maybe, automobiles.
Mon 01/11/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Kogan out of order to criticise Gerry Harvey over Clive Peeters
Ruslan Kogan has today taken a needless swipe at old foe Gerry Harvey, criticising Harvey Norman’s decision to purchase a number of stores from the Clive Peeters network following that company’s collapse.
Mon 01/11/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »A step up from Kogan, Saeco releases $2499 coffee machine
In the same week that upstart online retailer Kogan released his first coffee machine, established brand Saeco has demonstrated what customers get when they pay premium for a trusted brand.
Fri 01/10/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Kogan attacks small appliance market: a rip off
Kogan has today begun to sell automatic espresso coffee machines, bagless vacuum cleaners and convection microwaves, in direct competition with bricks and mortar retailers and established suppliers.
Wed 29/09/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »King of controversy and Queen of the quibble, Kogan expands LED TV range
Bricks and mortar's online enemy, the now infamous Ruslan Kogan, has upped the ante by announcing the expansion of his LED TV range.
Wed 22/09/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Traditional retail to be threatened by new Kogan whitegoods range
Ruslan Kogan last week traveled to China to research his planned new whitegoods range, Current.com.au can today reveal. This represents one of the biggest threats to traditional retail stores.
Wed 17/03/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Fraud, lying and deceit: just another year for CE retailers
Today we look back on the biggest stories about the retailers in this industry during 2009. It's a great mix of success and failure, honesty and treachery, disaster and recovery. No prizes for guessing Number One this time.
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