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Additional funding valued at $30 million over 3.5 years is to be allocated for investigations and enforcement relating to the supermarket and retail sector.

Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has asked Australian consumers to share information about how they shop and what they experience through an online survey published today as part of its supermarkets inquiry.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commisssion (ACCC) has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Mastercard for allegedly engaging in conduct with the purpose of substantially lessening competition in the supply of debit card acceptance services.

Zebra Technologies recently released its new study entitled "Closing the Trust Gap: Technology and the Food Supply Chain", and we spoke to Zebra's Country Lead for A/NZ, Tom Christodolou, about technology's importance to the supply chain and how consumer trust can be restored and maintained in the food supply we all take for granted.

Australian AI tech startup Tiliter has completed a $7.5 million capital raising as part of its plans to accelerate expansion in Europe and the US.

Australia’s competition wachdog the ACCC has given interim authorisation to supermarket operators to coordinate to ensure a “fair and equitable” distribution of fresh food, groceries and other household items during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Global digital money transfer transaction volume will reach 2 billion by 2024, up from 1.1 billion in 2019, according to a new report.

Global digital money transfer transaction volumes will reach 2 billion by 2024, up from 1.1 billion in 2019, according to a new report.

Improvements to customer loyalty schemes and broader legislative reforms are required to protect consumers using loyalty schemes, according to a report from Australia’s competition and consumer regulator, the ACCC.

Australia’s competition regulator the ACCC has raised concerns over customer loyalty schemes including poor disclosure about how consumer data is used and shared, and the selling of insights from the data to other parties without consumer knowledge.

Retail giant Coles has secured a 10-year agreement with global renewable power generation company Metka EGN to build three new solar power plants from which it will purchase more than 70% of the electricity generated to power its stores and distribution centres across Australia.

The Commonwealth Bank says there’s been a surge in tap and pay transactions over six months, with its own customers increasingly using their smartphones instead of their wallets when making payments.

The University of Melbourne says a mobile app that has already been downloaded more than 250,000 times is revolutionising campus maintenance and providing staff and students with a free, customised, easy-to-use tool for reporting on-campus problems.

Local data analytics and marketing services company Skyfii has secured a five-year contract with an Italian supermarket chain.

The conditions couldn’t be riper for the much-vaunted launch of ecommerce giant Amazon in the Australian market, according to new research which shows online shopping in Australia exploding, with sales rocketing upwards.

Australian-based global tech and robotics company Lakeba has launched an in-store robot it says is able to monitor and help intelligently manage stock levels in retail outlets and supermarkets.

Australians have been slow to embrace online grocery shopping, with the vast majority still preferring their weekly trip to the supermarket, according to newly published research.

Supermarket and retail giant Woolworths is taking its business into one of the world’s giant consumer markets, sealing a deal with China’s largest online business-to-consumer market, Alibaba’s Tmall Global.

Transaction technology provider NCR and IT services company Fujitsu and transaction have been recognised by Coles in the retail and supermarket group’s supplier awards.

One of the 'big two' in supermarkets Woolworths is looking at implementing free Wi-Fi service across its stores in a bid to encourage customers to use its smartphone apps.