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All the major retailers pointed to Malcolm Turnbull's upbeat leadership style to explain the merry Christmas.

Big spenders push Christmas retail to 10-year high

Catie Low Forget expensive technical forecasts, Nicholas Egonidis can tell how well Christmas retail is travelling by counting his jocks.

Former Oroton boss Sally Macdonald to get Big W back on track

Sally Macdonald restored profit growth at Oroton and hopes to do the same at Woolworths' BIG W.

Catie Low Sally Macdonald has taken on the turnaround of Woolworth's discount department store laggard Big W.

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Myer and David Jones hold back on Christmas discounting

In recent years retailers have brought forward discounts to get shoppers buying before Christmas.

Catie Low Boxing Day has not come early for bargain hunters this year.

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Former Oroton Group chief Sally Macdonald to spearhead Big W turnaround

Sally Macdonald, who is credited with driving the turnaround of Oroton, will take charge of Big W and EziBuy's 22,000 staff and 190-strong store network.

Catie Low Woolworths has installed former Oroton boss Sally Macdonald to spearhead a planned "transformation" of discount department store Big W.

Coles 'embarrassing' suppliers in new high-risk strategy

Half the formula sold in supermarkets makes its way to China.

Jared Lynch and Catie Low Coles has launched a high-risk strategy aimed at 'embarrassing its suppliers in one way or another' to distance itself further from beleaguered rival Woolworths.

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7-Eleven in mediation with ACCC over petrol price service

Coles Express has agreed to quit the Informed Sources petrol price information sharing service from April next year.

Catie Low 7-Eleven is in mediation with the competition watchdog over its subscription to a petrol price information sharing service.

Woolworths prepares to fight ACCC over Mind The Gap scheme

Woolworths has gone back to suppliers asking for Close the Gap style payments as recently as in the last few weeks.

Catie Low Woolworths has this demanded another set of payments from suppliers this week in what appears to be a repeat of its Mind The Gap program that has let to the corporate watchdog taking action against...

Battle rages between supermarkets and suppliers

Woolworths' attempt to extract more than $60 million from suppliers has been under investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Catie Low When more than a third of your business is at risk if Australia's biggest supermarket chain takes you off the shelf you can understand why a supplier is reluctant to speak out against Woolworths.

Battle rages between supermarkets and suppliers

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 25: Products on display at Woolworths supermarket on May 25, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. In a bid to regain its title as Australia's distinguished retailer, Woolworths are set to cut costs and reduce prices on thousands of grocery products to compete with rival supermarket giants Coles and Aldi. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Catie Low When more than a third of your business is at risk if Australia's biggest supermarket chain takes you off the shelf you can understand why a supplier is reluctant to speak out against Woolworths.

ACCC accuses Woolworths of unconscionable conduct

Suppliers are reporting Woolworths has asked for similar payments to the Close the Gap charges in the last few weeks.

Sarah Danckert, Sue Mitchell and Catie Low The competition watchdog has launched legal action against supermarket giant Woolworths for unconscionable conduct over its dealings with suppliers .

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Your grocery bill is on the rise, unless there's another price war

Consumers will be the biggest losers from forecast fresh food inflation.

Catie Low The low Australian dollar and the lure of overseas markets are expected to push up food prices, as long as there's not another supernmarket price war.

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Taking Stock – Metcash momentum at risk from Aldi, price war

Ian Morrice of Metcash, which is at risk from the launch of Aldi in South Australia and Western Australia, as well as a looming price war.

Catie Low Metcash's improving sales could be derailed by the launch of IGA in Western Australia and South Australia as concern builds that Woolworths' aggressive bid to reclaim market share will...

Girls need lessons on how to demand a pay rise

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 09: l-r Elmer Funke Kupper, CEO, ASX Libby Lyons, Director, Workplace Gender Equality Agency Wendy McCarthy AO, Chair, Headspace at the Australian Financial Review Workforce and Productivity Summit on December 9, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Josh Robenstone/Fairfax Media)

Catie Low Male managers need to rethink how they respond to assertive women.

Myer boss Richard Umbers says millennial workers find penalty rates 'restrictive'

Myer CEO Richard Umbers speaks at The Australian Financial Review summit on Wednesday.

Catie Low Millennial workers are more focused on flexibility and fulfilment than penalty rates and the "conventional view" of losing rights and entitlements, Myer chief executive Richards Umbers says.

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Kmart boss reveals Big W hit list

Kmart Managing Director Guy Russo plans to double the size of Kmart within seven years.

Catie Low Kmart boss Guy Russo plans to double the size of the discount department store business within seven years and he's picked out at least 50 Big W stores to drive revenue to $10 billion.

Dick Smith's go-for-broke stock clearance sale kicks off

Dick Smith's sale is set to spark a pre-Christmas price war.

Catie Low Dick Smith has fired the starter's gun on its latest round of desperate discounting as it cuts to the quick in its quest to clear inventory.

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Gerry Harvey says proxy advisers are a 'sore on corporate Australia'

Catie Low Veteran retailer Gerry Harvey branded proxy advisers "a sore on corporate Australia" and accused them of being more focused on ticking boxes than making shareholders money.

Telstra unveils Melbourne flagship store

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 29: An interior shot of the new Telstra Flagship store at the cnr of Swanston and Bourke streets in the city. November 29, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.

Catie Low Telstra is taking on the retail might of technology giants Apple and Microsoft with the launch of a new retail concept store in Melbourne today (Monday November 30)

Sephora unleashes Christmas beauty battle

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 27: Sephora Space Cadets Holly Harnwell and Allie Borrett before the opening of the new Sephora store at Melbourne Central, the international beauty and cosmetics giant's first Melbourne store on November 27, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. Sephora (Photo by Wayne Taylor/Fairfax Media)

Catie Low Sephora will throw open the doors of its first Melbourne store today, unleashing a pre-Christmas beauty battle with the major department store chains.

Premier hit with strike over cash bonus

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 27: Chairman Solomon Lew is seen at the Premier Investments annual general meeting on November 27, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. AGM (Photo by Jesse Marlow/Fairfax Media)

Catie Low A big increase in the cash bonus for Mark McInnes is believed to be behind a strike against the retailer's remuneration report.

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