Dick Smith

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Consumers are making the switch to online retailers, and stores such as Dick Smith Electronics are paying the price. AAP

Store bores: pulling the plug on consumer electronics

By Steve Ogden-Barnes, Deakin University

Retailers: be careful what you underestimate. Whether it’s the competition, the consumer or the channel to market, if the writing is on the wall – you’d better read it. Globally, the consumer electronics…
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Dick Smith has been vocal about Woolworths selling his former electronics business – but his arguments don’t stack up. AAP

No place for jingoism in Woolies' sell-off of Dick Smith

By Andre Sammartino, University of Melbourne

Entrepreneur Dick Smith has been very vocal in the past few days about the prospect of his namesake retail business falling into “foreign hands”. Despite him selling the electronics chain to Woolworths…

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