Chris Zappone
Chris is a reporter for BusinessDay. He covers markets, economics, trade and companies, and reports widely on emerging trends in the Australian economy.
SMALL TALK
Aussie workers love to be liked
Chris Zappone The British are the biggest office suck-ups, Germans are the most fashion-conscious and Australians? Well, they just want to be liked by their mates.
Price discounting becomes the norm
Chris Zappone Heavy price discounting is expected to increase into the holiday season: survey.
Game on: new technology just the ticket
Chris Zappone The internet is changing everything, including the wait in line to buy footy tickets.
Catch of the Day considers IPO
Chris Zappone Australia's largest online only retailer Catch of the Day could consider a float that would value the company at $600 million, the company's chief said.
Pedigreed Victorian brokers in merger
Chris Zappone Two Victorian stockbroking firms dating back to the 19th century will merge to create a company with $8 billion in funds under advice.
Slice of the pie shrinking for small biz
Chris Zappone While shopping, if you’ve felt that big business just keeps getting bigger, your instincts would be right.
Business shunning innovation
Chris Zappone Official data suggests Australian businesses have a long way to go in modernising.
Investing in the future of aged care
Chris Zappone A Melbourne investment manager, catering to its greying investor base, has begun offering advice for those who need to place their elderly parents into aged care facilities.
Retravision stores survive supplier collapse
Eli Greenblat and Chris Zappone Retravision stores in Victoria, Tasmania and southern NSW will continue to trade as normal.
Social media used to poach workers
Chris Zappone Your best employees are most at risk of being poached by competitors in modernising economy.
RBA slashes interest rates to 3.75 per cent
Chris Zappone RBA slashes rates by the most since the GFC in a bid to reignite growth in the sagging economy.
Small businesses face outsourcing dilemma
Chris Zappone The outsourcing of huge sectors of the Australian workforce has becoming an increasingly difficult problem to tackle as companies look to cut costs and maximise profits.
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Small business losing faith in economy, says survey
Chris Zappone Confidence among smaller businesses has tumbled to levels not seen since the global financial crisis, with worries about fuel costs, cash flow and interest rates weighing on sentiment.
Payment delays to pinch at Easter
Chris Zappone As Easter looms, many small businesses are gearing up for one of their busiest periods of the year - a time when eftpos delays are most pronounced.
Half of small businesses still without a website
Chris Zappone More than a decade after the emergence of the e-commerce industry almost half of Australian small-and medium-sized businesses still do not have a website, according to an industry survey.
Severely late bills hit one-year high
Chris Zappone The number of bills being paid "severely" late by Australian businesses have hit a one-year high, rising by almost 30 per cent in the December quarter.
Group buying shows signs of slowing
Chris Zappone As Groupon plans to go public in a reported $US700 million float, the Australian group buying market will have to consolidate.
Manufacturers struggling to pay the bills
Chris Zappone Manufacturers are five times more likely to pay bills more than 90 days late, new figures show.
End of story: Borders to shut remaining stores
Chris Zappone The last nine Borders stores in Australia will close after no buyers could be found for the bookseller chain, the administrator said today.
Book chains lose more jobs
Chris Zappone The administrator of the troubled bookstore chains Borders and Angus & Robertson has announced more head office redundancies, saying both chains may have to close if buyers cannot be found.
