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Jun 21, 2024 | 
insidefmcg.com.au | Flavio Romero Macau
Australians are no strangers to a supply crunch. During the pandemic and its aftermath, there were shortages of all kinds of products, from AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid to frozen chips. This week, many of us were perhaps worried to find ourselves in an eerily familiar situation when Coles limited egg purchases to two cartons per customer in all stores across the country except Western Australia. The culprit?
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Edith Cowan |Flavio Romero Macau
Australians are no strangers to a supply crunch. During the pandemic and its aftermath, there were shortages of all kinds of products, from AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid to frozen chips. This week, many of us were perhaps worried to find ourselves in an eerily familiar situation when Coles limited egg purchases to two cartons per customer in all stores across the country except Western Australia. The culprit?
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Flavio Romero Macau |Edith Cowan
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Flavio Romero Macau
Australians are no strangers to a supply crunch. During the pandemic and its aftermath, there were shortages of all kinds of products, from AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid to frozen chips. This week, many of us were perhaps worried to find ourselves in an eerily familiar situation when Coles limited egg purchases to two cartons per customer in all stores across the country except Western Australia. The culprit?
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Flavio Romero Macau |Edith Cowan
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Flavio Romero Macau
Tensions in the Middle East have escalated following Iran’s weekend missile and drone attacks on Israel, heightening concerns of a wider conflict. As with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, further conflict has the potential to destabilise oil prices and disrupt supply chains. In Australia, already grappling with a cost-of-living crisis, the ripple effects could soon be felt.
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Mar 3, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Flavio Romero Macau |Edith Cowan
By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
Before the cost of living hit Australian families hard, a group of consumers were already paying top dollar for their staples. Whether it be gluten free, dairy free or lactose free, people with special dietary requirements are used to spending more at the supermarket checkout.
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Mar 3, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Flavio Romero Macau
Before the cost of living hit Australian families hard, a group of consumers were already paying top dollar for their staples. Whether it be gluten free, dairy free or lactose free, people with special dietary requirements are used to spending more at the supermarket checkout. A 2016 study from the University of Wollongong found that Australians were paying up to 17% more for a gluten-free diet. Current examples are easy to find.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
insidelogistics.ca | Flavio Romero Macau |Paul Haskell-Dowland
Australians getting ready for Christmas in early November had reason to believe even the best of preparations were not enough after a cyberattack hit all its major ports. DP World, which operates container ports in Australia and the region, first detected problems last Friday so unplugged its systems to minimize the impact while it examined what had happened. While operations resumed at the ports Monday, the cause is still unclear and the incident continues to be investigated.
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Nov 24, 2023 | 
insideretail.com.au | Rakshnna Pattabiraman |Anil Prabha |Tong Van |Flavio Romero Macau
Auckland Airport is thrilled to announce Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein will be bringing their international store experience to the $200-million-plus premium outlet shopping centre in Auckland. The two large stores will anchor the northern end of the centre with a total combined area of 1400sqm, which is the size of over three basketball courts.
