30
Mar
Eco-Friendly hand made bags from the villages of Srilanka made from 100% cotton natural fibre fabric using foot powered traditional treadle loom.
Bags are available in various designs and colours to suit all ages and occasions.
We are the exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand. Please click on our Ecoeye product page for the full products range and to purchase online. For bulk order enquiries please contact us direct at Lankan Products Carnegie VIC.
30
Mar
US parent of Borders Books, Borders Group Inc. has announced that they have agreed a put agreement open untill 15th Jan 2009, to sell It’s Australia, New Zealand and Singapore subsidiaries, and Paperchase, as well as its approximately 17% interest in Bookshop Acquisitions, Inc. (Borders U.K.) after the company has pursued a sale process otherwise sell those assets. The agreement is with Pershing Square its major shareholder and is a measure that enables Borders to confidently restructure its debts, however is a clear indication that these assets will be sold one way or the other in less than 12 months.
The Borders Group operates over 515 Borders superstores in the U.S.; 31 Borders stores outside the U.S., in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Puerto Rico; and 520 stores in the Waldenbooks Specialty Retail segment. The firm also owns London-based Paperchase Products Limited, a retailer of stationery, cards and gifts with 110 locations outside the U.S., including stand-alone stores and franchises. There are also more than 315 Paperchase shops located within U.S. Borders superstores and the company recently opened its first stand-alone Paperchase shop in Boston
25
Mar
Australian online shopping and classifieds browsing is at a lower level than for NZ on-line shoppers according to internet statistics company Hitwise.
NZ Online Shopping and Classifieds internet site visits added up to 7.18% of all traffic for the week ending March 15. This figure is way below the USA levels at 9.7% online shoppers, but interestingly is well up on Australian online shopping for the period at only 5.73% of all internet traffic. The bad part for New Zealand is that 28.3% of their online shopping traffic was on overseas shopping sites.
New Zealand Online Auctions and Classifieds site Trade Me was their leading shopping website, with 48.4% of the Shopping & Classifieds industry traffic for the week.
Hitwise gathers data by industry category by monitoring traffic at the IPS level.
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15
Mar
Giftsbiweb.com have a new version of their popular Beach Shack Photo Frame design from the Beachhouse Decor Collection in their online store.
An all wooden photo frame from the beach shack series have an interesting roof-like top and a light coat of paint that enhances the solid timber grain both gives them an old world charm ,yet still makes them look like an old beach shack. The new designs comes in two sizes, large 31.5 x 4 x 20.5cm and small 22 x 14.5 x 3.5cm.
Both are decorated with seagulls, starfish, rope and shells and can be used as hung or a self standing photo frames. Australian online shoppers on Giftsbiweb online store can currently enjoy freight free delivery if they spend more than $80.00.