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Baby Bunting ramps up its expansion
Australia's biggest baby chain has has posted a strong start to the year, helped by new stores and the collapse of a competitor. Now it wants to get even bigger.
Australia's biggest baby chain has has posted a strong start to the year, helped by new stores and the collapse of a competitor. Now it wants to get even bigger.
The legal battle between Solomon Lew's Just Group and its former chief financial officer Nicole Peck will go to trial.
JB Hi-Fi has been given regulatory approval to acquire whitegoods retailer The Good Guys but it is not clear if any takeover will go ahead.
Ready-made meals, cheap cups of coffee and frozen softdrinks are at the forefront of Coles' renewed efforts to take on 7-Eleven in the convenience store sector.
The venerable David Jones menswear store in Market Street, which has been in the group since 1938, has been sold for $360 million and will see apartments built on top of a revamped retail centre.
Australians are estimated to be spending over $2 billion a week on contactless or "tap and go" payments.
Australia's grocery wars are getting noticed by one of the world's biggest food and drink companies.
Department store says winter's tough but consumer confidence is returning now the election is over.
Nutri Grain, long advertised as 'Iron Man Food', is back in favour.
Venerable 178-year-old department store chain David Jones to join rival Myer in Melbourne.
Australia's supermarkets are at war and the battle is only beginning as more entrants start to eye off possible sites.
The competition watchdog will run a fine tooth comb through Australia's communications market to ensure there is enough competition to allow new entrants and to encourage investment.
Retail spending growth is at its slowest annual pace in three years.
Former Louis Vuitton chief Philip Corne is on the hunt for Australia's next big consumer brand as chair of LVMH's private equity business L Catterton Australia.
Billionaire rag trader Solomon Lew's Just Group has been accused of embarking on a "fishing expedition" in his legal battle against the retailer's former CFO.
Fashion chain Noni B will buy James Packer's Pretty Girl Fashion Group and create a clothing giant that is set to dominate the wardrobes of Australia's middle-aged women.
Construction has begun for Googong's first major shopping centre, which will include a supermarket, cafe, bar, gym and childcare.
Self-service checkouts have made it too easy to steal from supermarkets and converted honest shoppers into routine shoplifters.
Womens wear retailer Noni B, which came close to collapse two years ago, is buying James Packer's Pretty Girl Fashion.
The Wesfamers-owned chain are still facing large gaps in the dairy and meat cabinets following the 640-worker strike.
According to its promotional materials, Aveo Veronica Gardens is 'an enclave of contentedness', however a residents meeting on Monday was anything but.
Big W customers across Australia have written of their "disgust and anger" at the handling of the sale the new Harry Potter book.
Decades-old Australian fashion label fights third wind-up application in two years.
Consumer Action Law Centre says just because the market darling isn't charging interest doesn't make the purchase interest free.
In an era of constant disruption and distraction, connectivity and careless consumption, an Australian fashion icon is calling on its customers to focus on the simple things.
Competition tsar says Australia's two biggest supermarkets co-operating to stave off foreign retailers could cause 'considerable problems.'
The world's largest retailer has just begun selling imperfect fruit and vegetables, marking a step-change for the buy-ugly movement.
Over recent years, thanks to the rise of social media, the fashion industry has been channelling Mary Poppins.
Another blow for Australia's largest milk processors, as rival Bega nabs Woolworths private-label dairy contract.
For most of its life, the online retailer was happy to be in the red. Now it can't avoid showing big profits anymore.
Small businesses fear they could be the next target of bad financial advice and predatory lending under a proposed low-regulation scheme for startups.
Community, industry and tertiary education sector must ensure students make informed decisions in course choice.
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