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Christmas Gift Guide: For Her
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Scroll through for a colourful selection of gifts including sunglasses, beauty product and jewellery, curated specially for her.
Gadget Christmas gift guide
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It doesn't matter what sort of gadgets your loved ones like, because this gift guide has something for everyone.
For him Christmas gift guide
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From beer dispensers to boxer shorts, get your Christmas shopping inspiration from our gift guide made especially for him.
Get ready for Christmas with gift and decorating ideas from Freedom
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Hooray for online shopping, and the way it makes the silly season a little easier.
Christmas gift guide
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Why not get in early with your Christmas shopping this year? Here's a little inspiration. *Gift guide sponsored by Wedgwood and kate spade new york.
Old Bus Depot Markets turn 20: Carol Webster
Natasha Rudra Carol Webster has been selling her jewellery at the Old Bus Depot Market since the very first market in 1994.
Thing I Found
Erin Munro Lend your home a rustic, Gallic feel with this all-natural, crocheted jute basket featuring handcrafted leather handles. $125, available from crayonchick.com.au
Retail therapy: The Botanical Institute
Justine Costigan The name of this store reflects the owner's love of local, handcrafted and natural products.
Retail therapy: OnStone
Sarina Lewis OnStone uses waste products to create beautiful timber-framed works on stone.
Department stores' bricks and clicks beat online-only retailers
Jared Lynch, Alexandra Back Department stores are back. They may have lost some of the early battles against online retailers, but new data suggests they may be winning the war.
Retail Therapy: Weylandts
Sarina Lewis As if Melburnians needed any additional proof they lived in one of Australia's leading style cities.
Christmas Gift Guide: Gadgets
Lia Timson Technology gadgets are on everyone's Christmas list these days.
Christmas Gift Guide: Teenage Girl
Molly Galvin, 13 years old For teenage girls it's all about sun, sand and great gifts to go with them this Christmas.
Christmas Gift Guide: Little Boy
Thomas Krnel, 10 years old Killer Christmas presents for cool kids.
Christmas Gift Guide: Film and TV
Scott Ellis It's to hard to think of a better Christmas present than a box set of your favourite show.
Christmas Gift Guide: Green
Sarah Berry Going green with your gifts takes the feel-good factor at Christmas to happy new heights.
Christmas Gift Guide: Teenage Boy
Alexander Fitzpatrick, 16 years old Help a teenage boy make the most of his summer holiday with these fun-tastic gift ideas.
Christmas Gift Guide: Food
Ardyn Bernoth, Good Food editor Feast your eyes on these foodie-friendly gift ideas.
Trouble-free Click Frenzy hailed a success
Rachel Wells Last year it was dubbed "Click Fail" but the second incarnation of Click Frenzy - Australia's answer to Cyber Monday – has been hailed a success.
Click Frenzy boss insists this year's sale will be glitch-free
Rachel Wells Some of Australia's largest retailers are gate-crashing what is expected to be the country's biggest-ever online sales event by holding rival sales of their own ahead of the 7pm launch of Click Frenzy.
Tech
Retailers bank on glitch-free Click Frenzy
Rachel Wells It was supposed to be Australia's Cyber Monday. Instead, it crashed in a technical catastrophe. Now, they’re trying again.
Loyalty cards don't pay
Sarah Whyte Customers who use loyalty cards rarely feel loyal to the brands looking to reward them, with some companies wasting millions of dollars on the programs.
DJs puts a new spin on 175 years of history with finds from archivist's wonderland
Effie Mann Nothing is lost to history at David Jones. In the bowels of its Silverwater warehouse, heavy padlocks guard rooms where boxes and filing cabinets brim with artefacts. Dubbed ''Barbara's Wonderland'', the storage facility fell under the authority of a slight, bespectacled librarian by the name of Barbara Horton, who was responsible for documenting the department store's every move in her 35-year role as the DJs archivist.
