Online retail forum
'A key emerging trend in the Australian economy in the 21st century is the increased use of e-commerce by businesses and, more recently, households.'
—Access Economics, Household
E-commerce Activity and Trends
(November, 2010)
The Australian Government held a half-day online retail forum on Friday 18 February 2011 in Sydney. The forum brought together Australian retailers and other parts of the supply chain to discuss the opportunities and challenges that exist for Australian retailers in the digital economy.
Speakers at the forum included Senator Stephen Conroy (Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity), Senator Nick Sherry (Minister for Small Business), representatives from Australia Post, eBay Australia & New Zealand, PayPal, Grays Online and Temando.
For information on the context for this forum, please see:
- Media release: Government to host online retail forum
- Background to the online retail forum
- Online retail forum program
Participants contributed their thoughts about online retail on Twitter using the hashtag #orf11. You may wish to continue the Twitter discussion, or you can visit the digitalbusiness.gov.au website to comment on blog posts about issues raised at the forum:
