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Retail & food-to-go fusion formats: 2018 favourites

30 July 2018

Date : 20 July 2018 IGD As we move firmly into the second half of the year, we round up the…

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VICTORIAN GANG CRISIS PLAYS OUT AGAIN WITH VIOLENT CONSEQUENCES

30 July 2018

July 25, 2018: A gang of opportunistic thugs smashed through the front entry of a service station in Lara this…

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Want to see excellent retailers and cashless stores? Join the AACS Study Tour to China in September – few places remain.

30 July 2018

Woolworths exec says day not ‘far off’ when check-outs go cashless SELF-SERVE check-outs have divided shoppers, but Woolworths has started…

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AACS: DIGITAL LICENCES ON THE WAY SO FOCUS TURNS TO EDUCATION

30 July 2018

June 19, 2018: The humble plastic driver licence may soon be a thing of the past, with the NSW Government…

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Chinese tech firm trials home delivery robots

23 July 2018

AFP July 18, 2018    Along a quiet residential street on the outer edges of Beijing, a yellow and black…

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Robot chefs can handle more than pizzas and burgers

23 July 2018

THE ECONOMIST July 19, 2018 The Australian  Creator, a new hamburger joint in San Francisco, claims to deliver a burger…

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How Chinese e-commerce player JD.com is becoming an AI powerhouse

23 July 2018

Alibaba rival and Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is making a move from being a retailer to a tech company, investing heavily…

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AACS: IT’S TIME TO STOP DEMONISING LAW-ABIDING AUSTRALIANS

23 July 2018

July 19, 2018: The health lobby is extremely good at securing an anti-smoker headline but its ignorance when it comes…

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Matt Thornhill will be a keynote speaker at the AACS Convenience Leaders Summit on 15th August – don’t miss this.

23 July 2018

Better for You Gen Z sensibilities will transform your store. John W. Martin and Matt Thornhill Recently, one of our…

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AACS will visit JD.com during our September overseas study tour to China ….. have you booked yet – only a few places remain

23 July 2018

JD.com takes US$24.7bn in sales during its 6.18 shopping festival Date: 28 June 2018 JD.com has reported a record-breaking US$24.7bn…

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The amazing and inspirational Dylan Alcott OAM will be the keynote speaker at the AACS Convenience Leaders Summit in August – only a few weeks to go – register now and don’t miss this opportunity….

23 July 2018

CANDICE JACKSON 17 July 2018 DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA ‘Yes, I can have sex!’ Wheelchair tennis star and three-time Paralympic gold…

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EXCLUSIVE: Forget coke, try smokes: How tobacco smugglers are flooding Australia with illegal cigarettes costing HALF the price of the legal product – and more arrive with every government-mandated price rise

16 July 2018

International crime syndicates are taking advantage of Australian ciggie prices  Annual tax excise increases of 12.5 per cent pushing packet…

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