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In this episode, can Qantas get back on side with consumers, pre-loved instruments spreading the sound of music to the disadvantaged, and coffee lovers set to pay more for their caffeine hit.
Topics: consumer-protection, air-transport, music, food-and-beverage, australia
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In this episode: speculation on the possibility of a Myer and David Jones merger; dating websites catering to very specific niche markets; and the consumer watchdog warns it will likely take legal action against companies that engage in drip-pricing.
Topics: consumer-finance, consumer-protection, consumer-electronics, small-business, retail, australia
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In this episode, speculation continues over a potential merger between Myer and David Jones, Indigenous models in demand in the fashion world, and Google adds more features to it's tech eyewear.
Topics: company-news, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, fashion, consumer-finance, australia
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In this episode of the Consumer Quarter there are signs plain packaging on cigarette packets is working and we also look at the health problems associated with using caffeine strips.
Topics: caffeine, consumer-finance, smoking, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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On this episode of The Consumer Quarter: taking aim at the retailers that sell dangerous toys, the rapid rise of digital advertising and should it be compulsory for your pet to wear a seatbelt?
Topics: family-and-children, safety, advertising-and-marketing, digital-multimedia, animals, australia
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In this episode of the Consumer Quarter Christmas is near, will it give reason for retailers to cheer? And face detection technology to assist in advertising.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, small-business, christmas, australia
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In this episode of the Consumer Quarter trans-fats may be banned in the U.S and a small Tasmanian animation unit takes the world by storm.
Topics: consumer-finance, food-and-beverage, animation, health, australia
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On this episode of The Consumer Quarter, retailers are counting on this Christmas season to take advantage of a boost in consumer confidence, how to make sure you don't get ripped off when buying a new car and we take you into the high end shopping market.
Topics: consumer-finance, retail, australia
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In this episode of the Consumer Quarter Swedish department store H & M is on its way to Australia and the gadgets of the future were on display in Japan.
Topics: fashion, science-and-technology, community-and-society, australia
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In this episode of The Consumer Quarter we look at changes in consumer habits, how the big brands have faired over the last year and are vinyl records making a comeback?
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
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In this episode of the Consumer Quarter we look at how Australian fashion is moving into the Asian market and how the international community doesn't consider 'the lucky country' as a destination for good wine or food.
Topics: consumer-finance, consumer-protection, consumer-electronics, australia
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In this episode retailers are scanning mobile phones to profile customers and restaurants in crisis as business hasn't been tougher since the 1980s.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, consumer-electronics, australia
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In this episode Australia's online retailers are hoping recent falls in the dollar will lure local shoppers away from overseas websites, and calls for an overhaul of food labelling laws to end confusion between the terms 'Australian grown', 'Australian produced' and 'made in Australia.
Topics: retail, food-and-beverage, australia
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In this episode of the Consumer Quarter we take a look at a beef patty that cost nearly 35,000 dollars and is produced in a lab, a preview of a gamers expo in Hong Kong and Twitter in the UK promises to tackle abusive behaviour.
Topics: consumer-finance, consumer-electronics, science-and-technology, australia
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On this episode of The Consumer Quarter, Coca-Cola gets an overhaul in Argentina, the latest weapon in the war against falling magazine sales, and there are renewed calls for a national container deposit scheme.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, digital-multimedia, print-media, australia
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On this episode of The Consumer Quarter, we look at new measures announced by the Federal Government to ease global roaming bill shock, we investigate why the explosion in handheld digital devices is blamed for sleep disorders, and we find out where our popcorn comes from.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, diseases-and-disorders, computers-and-technology, australia
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In this episode, the car that can tell the driver exactly when traffic light change, and quilters, knitters and sewers converge on Sydney to celebrate all things crafty.
Topics: consumer-finance, australia
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Fairfax forced to deny speculation it's planning to abolish its print editions of the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald; and traditional toys trump video games at a Sydney toy expo.
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In this edition of The Consumer Quarter, the price war between Australia's leading supermarket chains heats up, retailers continue to crack down on dodgy door-to-door salespeople, and we get a lesson visiting a laboratory used to study consumers.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, australia
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This week on the Consumer Quarter local surfboard makers may have found a way to beat cheaper imports, and a taxidermist turning the least attractive parts of the kangaroo into souvenirs for the world.
Topics: consumer-finance, consumer-protection, consumer-electronics, australia
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In this edition of The Consumer Quarter, coffee breaks are costing Australian businesses big, regulators release a damning report of Australia's major airports, and fitness fanatics opt for military-style exercise regimes by the regiment
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, air-transport, exercise-and-fitness, work, australia
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In this episode of The Consumer Quarter, the smartphone app that allows you to avoid lengthy queues, and growing concerns that alcohol brands are misusing their social media accounts to promote drinks to minors.
Topics: consumer-finance, consumer-electronics, consumer-protection, australia
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In this episode of The Consumer Quarter, figures show more Australians are splashing out on luxury goods, the death of the DVD store, and the place where your doll goes to get fixed.
Topics: consumer-finance, consumer-electronics, film-movies, australia
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In this edition of the Consumer Quarter, a growing concern that many Australians are addicted to their smartphones.
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In this edition of The Consumer Quarter, Australian retailers are expecting another tough year, new research finds children are better off playing video games than watching TV, and soft drink manufacturers are under fire.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, children, health, games, australia
