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Webjet in legal battle over flight price misrepresentation

Inside Retail

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched the legal action in the Federal Court against Webjet for displaying “flights from $X” statements but omitting its compulsory service fee and booking price guarantee fee in the advertised prices between November 2018 and November 2023.

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Hy-Vee RMN Deploys Carrot Ads Solution; Instacart Extends Ad Placements to Smart Carts

Retail TouchPoints

This new integration will give Hy-Vee RedMedia access both to Instacarts ad technology and its CPG advertising ecosystem, which delivers advertiser demand from more than 7,000 brands. For Hy-Vee RedMedia advertisers, the Carrot Ads capabilities will be available later in 2025. More details below.)

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Wonder Buys Media Company Tastemade for $90 Million

Retail TouchPoints

The acquisition is the latest step by Wonder to combine takeout, delivery and meal kits into a single app now bolstered by an international production company, content studio and advertising business. Wonder opened a food hall in a Quakertown, Pa.

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How Does the Super Bowl Affect the Retail Sector?

Retail Focus

The New Boys In 2018, the US Supreme Court overturned the infamous PASPA ruling relating to sports betting. In return for this extra revenue, many sportsbooks plow funds back into the NFL through advertising and sponsorship deals. For the 2024 Super Bowl, advertisers were paying around $7 million for a 30-second ad.

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Webjet fined by ACCC for misleading customers about flight booking prices

Inside Retail

The company admitted to making false or misleading statements in advertisements for airfares, which excluded compulsory fees between 2018 and 2023 on its website, social media posts and in promotional emails. These fees represented 36 per cent of Webjet’s total revenue between November 2018 and November 2023.

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From Niche Product to Viral Sensation: How Bogg Bag Ventured into 1,800 Target Stores

Retail TouchPoints

We increased sales little by little from 2015 to 2018, and the demand was too much, so it was too much for me and my one employee. RTP: Have you invested in paid marketing and advertising to grow the brand, or would you attribute most of the Bogg Bag’s success to organic community building? RTP: How did COVID affect your operations?

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How Airi Sutherland went from fashion sales to e-commerce powerhouse

Inside Retail

After spending a few years in various e-commerce roles at Glassons, Airi joined True, New Zealand’s biggest privately owned advertising agency, to broaden her skillset. I feel sad that these days you don’t get to work cross-functionally, and you have to choose what you want your specialty to be quite early on.