Fire sale: Masters announces closing date

More than half a billion dollars worth of discount hardware is set to hit shelve.

New Bunnings rival finalised as Home and Mitre 10 merge

A merger of Home Timber & Hardware and Mitre 10 has been finalised, creating new a hardware giant set to take on Bunnings.

Is this the end of Blackmores' golden run?

It's hard to keep investors excited when growth slows after a record year, the former market darling finds.

A2 formula sales surge more than 400 per cent

The a2 Milk Company has hit the top of its earnings outlook for fiscal 2016, unveiling a full year profit underpinned by growing Chinese demand for its infant formula.

Wesfarmers profit: the three things that really matter

There are a lot of moving parts that make up the performance of  monster conglomerate Wesfarmers but there are only a few that really make a difference.

Coal and Target savage Wesfarmers result

The conglomerate's full-year net profit slumped by more than 83 per cent to $407 million after big losses from its coal division and problem child Target.

Dick Smith gamble pays off for Kogan.com

Retailer Dick Smith has delivered $6.5 million in sales since it shut its doors and reopened as an online-only store owned by Kogan.com.

Woolworths announces revamped rewards program after leak

Woolworths is overhauling its loyalty program less than a year after the unpopular revamp that introduced orange tickets.

Woolworths tipped to report heavy loss on back of Masters exit

When Woolworths reports its full-year results on Thursday, expect to see a loss about $1 billion, analysts say, following restructuring costs and its exit from the disastrous Masters hardware business.

Coles knew more than half its workers were underpaid

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Australia's third largest employer, supermarket giant Coles, knew that more than half its workers were paid below legal minimum wages

Television love affair endures retail downturn

Australia's love affair with the idiot box has endured a retail downturn that has otherwise seen shoppers snap their wallets shut.

Woolworths set to relaunch rewards program

Orange tickets begone? Woolworths appears set to relaunch its rewards program and scrap the "Woolworths Dollars" scheme.

Bellamy's Australia triples full year profit

Organic infant formula maker Bellamy's Australia has more than tripled its full year profit to $38.3 million.

Treasury Wine's $800m pot of gold

Treasury Wine Estates is sitting on an $800 million pot of gold in luxury wines which should lift profit margins further.

Woolworths under pressure to stitch up hardware sale

Woolworths shareholders are impatient for Australia's biggest supermarket chain to conclude a deal to sell Home Timber & Hardware and its disastrous Masters Home Improvement chain.

Cotton On plans to be Australian H&M;

When Cotton On cuts the ribbon on its Melbourne megastore on Friday it will be taking on the world from its own backyard.

'Grotesque' family feud over $19.5b Aldi fortune

German supermarket chain Aldi revels in austerity but that hasn't stopped a widening scandal about, of all things, extravagant spending.

Domino's recruits robots for pizza delivery

Domino's Pizza will be using robots to deliver pizzas within as little as six months as it drives its investment in digital technology.

CDs and DVDs, they're in JB's DNA

JB Hi-Fi says CDs and DVDs are part of its DNA.

'Too much of a good thing': JB Hi-Fi downgraded

Brokers are calling it a day on JB Hi-Fi, saying that the best of the retailer's share price performance looks behind it, at least for now.

Domino's Pizza profit rises 28.7 per cent

Domino's Pizza Enterprises' net profit surged 28.7 per cent to $82.4 million in 2016 but fell short of forecasts due to costs associated with the acquisition of pizza chains in France and Germany during the year.

Domino's eyes fast-food rivals' drive-through customers

Domino's Pizza is hoping faster delivery and pick-up times and innovations like SMS ordering will entice time-poor customers from its rivals.

Aussie Farmers Direct's big leap

Online fresh food delivery company Aussie Farmers Direct has pledged to go toe-to-toe with Coles and Woolworths on price.

JB Hi-Fi profit feeds on Dick Smith corpse

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The demise of electronics retailer Dick Smith has supercharged the profits of its major competitor, JB Hi-Fi.

Dick Smith sugar hit to fade by Christmas

JB Hi-Fi is riding high in the wake of rival retailer Dick Smith's collapse, but says the tailwinds it is enjoying will fade before Christmas.

Sydney has its cheapest petrol in six months, but be quick

If your car is running on empty, now is the time to fill up.

JB Hi-Fi profit surges 11.5pc in wake of Dick Smith demise

JB Hi-Fi's net profit rose a better than expected 11.5 per cent to $152.2 million in 2016, underpinned by robust demand for consumer electronics and market share gains in the wake of the collapse of Dick Smith.

Wesfarmers urges Aldi to sign tax code in 'corporate peer pressure'

German supermarket Aldi has yet to sign up to a tax disclosure code that will lead to more big businesses releasing detailed information about the tax they pay.

Where the next corporate collapse will come from

There are 1200 marginal retailers at risk of corporate collapse this financial year, according to analysis by an insolvency firm.