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E-commerce: Challenges and Opportunities for Exporters
As a well-established hub for finance and trade, Hong Kong is home to many traders who have a wealth of experience in conducting import and export business. Thanks to efficient management, the bilingual environment and an internationally-recognised legal regime, it...
Training Providers Forum 2017
The WA Forum is getting a makeover, becoming a one day conference for the first time. A busy and vibrant one day program will both engage and challenge delegates. In 2017 the Forum themes will focus on: the student experience; employer perspectives; and assessment....
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS PROGRAM – MALAYSIA 2017
This article was written by Alby Johnston who attended the EFE in Malaysia - For several years now Australian Furniture Association’s (AFA) Chief Executive Officer, Patrizia Torelli has been developing relationships with many Governments, Furniture Councils,...
FIRST BOOK ON AUSTRALIA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER ARE YOU SITTING IN A FEATHERSTON CHAIR?
GRANT FEATHERSTON With original Grant Featherston contour chairs frequently fetching well over $5,000 most people probably think that they have never sat in a Featherston chair but they are most likely wrong. Most Australians have experienced at least one...
Are you an IMPORTER of Products that contain timber and wood fibre?
Implementation of the changes to import conditions for manufactured wooden articles outlined below in the Australian Government Release will be deployed in September 2017 to give importers reasonable time to meet the new conditions. As reported, the Australian...
IMPORTERS BEWARE – YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOODS YOU IMPORT
Are you aware that your business is responsible for any furnishing product that you import, manufacture, sell, supply or distribute? This means that you can be held liable for any defect or other condition that renders the product unsafe and results in injury, death...
Aligning Business and People Strategies
Business leaders spend considerable time and energy developing business strategies and seek to align all business activities to ensure optimisation of effort, business growth and sustainability. This should always include the people within a business. For example,...
CEO News November 2017
I am excited to lead a delegation of Industry Leaders, Designers, Educators and Buyers to Malaysia for the EFE and MIFF 2017 events. Whilst my role will be to present on the importance of complying with Australian standards, testing, certification and legislation, the...
AFA CEO to Chair Government Appointed Industry Reference Committee
Patrizia Torelli, CEO of the Australian Furniture Association, has recently been appointed as Chair of the Furnishing Industry Reference Committee. The new model, for developing and maintaining training packages, places industry at the centre of the process....
HOW DOES A GENIUS BILLIONAIRE ENTREPRENEUR HANDLE PRICING STRATEGY?
...and what you can do to improve your pricing strategy This week we received a great thought provoking piece from Ron Wood, Founder and Managing Director of Pricing Insight. He highlighted the email shared with the world for a very specific and clever reason by...