Inflation stories

As demand tapered, retailers continued to offer aggressive promotions to reduce the growing inventory. Vendors also incentivised channel to take on more stock.

The increasing complexities and interconnectivity of global supply chains are ubiquitous sources of pain yet opportunity.

The Computer Aided Design (CAD) market continues to be driven by the needs of manufacturers in response to macroeconomic trends.

While monitoring and ensuring a company’s financial health are still critical responsibilities of the job, in today’s digital-first world, the role of the CFO is constantly changing.

We can probably all agree that we’re living through the worst Cybersecurity Crisis in history with respect to the threat environment.

The global Internet of Things market is set to grow 19% in 2023, according to the latest IoT Enterprise Spending Dashboard and Tracker.

Just like practically every other industry across the board, the IT sector is also seeing its fair share of price increases, with pressure coming from all angles.

Managing a cross-border business presents unique opportunities that comes with expanding brand awareness internationally, such as managing changes currency exchange rates.

As inflationary pressures create a push and pull effect for cloud spending worldwide, end-users on public cloud services are forecast to grow 20.7%

Let's face it, an economic downturn is the last thing any business leader wants or needs. But market conditions are different to the last time we've seen something like this.

A change to government policy rather than an oversimplified approach of raising the cash rate will be needed to address the current bout of inflation.

Some 9 in 10 retailers (86%) are prepared for continued inflation, higher interest rates and potentially lower consumer spending, according to new research.

As Australia accelerates its digital economy and Australians head for the polls, one word is central: productivity.

Gartner has projected a total Australian IT spend of AU$117.2 billion in 2022 in its latest forecast, increasing by 13.1% from 2021.

Forrester expects vaccination rates, and the reopening of economies will produce more sustained tech market growth, on par with or higher than before COVID-19.

The challenge for the industry is how to deliver investment against a backdrop of rising material and labour costs as well as a critical decarbonisation agenda.  

Prime Minister John Key expects the annual rate of inflation to fall further than the 0.