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Forsana expands retail reach across New Zealand & Australia

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Forsana wins nationwide retail deals in New Zealand and targets Australian growth, with products set to reach more than 600 stores.
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Tineco tops wet & dry vacuum market for fourth year

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Tineco keeps global lead in household wet and dry vacuum cleaners as Euromonitor again places it first, with a 35% market share in 2025.
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Locus tops G2 ranking for route planning & logistics

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Locus has been ranked G2's top route planning platform, as logistics teams seek unified systems tying planning to execution at scale.
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Cooee expands Foodland reach with Indigenous cookies

Tue, 17th Feb 2026
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Indigenous-owned Cooee secures shelf space in about 90 Foodland stores, taking its native ingredient cookie range across South Australia.
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Shark Beauty's LED CryoGlow mask set for ANZ launch

Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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Shark Beauty's award-winning CryoGlow cooling LED under-eye mask is set to launch in Australia and New Zealand, with a waitlist now open.
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Ethique founder launches tablets to replace soft drinks

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Ethique founder Brianne West unveils Incrediballs, plastic-free effervescent tablets aiming to replace bottled soft drinks worldwide.
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Rove unveils AI platform to speed brands' global growth

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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UK start-up Rove has launched an AI market intelligence platform promising faster, cheaper global expansion for consumer brands.
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GPC Asia Pacific adopts AI-powered platform to streamline supply chain

Thu, 8th May 2025
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GPC Asia Pacific chooses RELEX Solutions to optimise forecasting and replenishment across 600 stores, aiming to improve inventory and product availability.
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Munro Footwear Group picks Fluent for unified inventory solution

Thu, 9th May 2024
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Munro Footwear Group, an Australian footwear leader, boosts its inventory efficiency by adopting Fluent Order Management.
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Restaurant Brands consolidates operations on the SAP Cloud

Tue, 9th May 2023
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The company has implemented multiple SAP solutions, including SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition, across its ANZ, Hawaii and California operations.
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Why the retail industry has misplaced network priorities

Wed, 22nd May 2019
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Retailers face challenges with network downtime despite prioritizing AI and IoT, according to a study by Cradlepoint at RetailEXPO 2019.
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Retail transformation fuelling data centre boom

Thu, 1st Nov 2018
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A new Vertiv report has forecast data centres and public cloud adoption to skyrocket in the coming years throughout the retail industry.
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OVO Mobile inks distribution deal with Australia Post

Tue, 21st Nov 2017
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OVO Mobile has partnered with Australia Post, marking its second major retail deal in weeks, expanding to nearly 1,400 retail outlets across Australia.