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Taxing times for winemakers
Crackdown on tax rorts in wine industry gets thumbs up from wine giant Treasury Wine Estates, but some winemakers say government has gone too far.
Crackdown on tax rorts in wine industry gets thumbs up from wine giant Treasury Wine Estates, but some winemakers say government has gone too far.
In a rush of nostalgia, four girls of the ’90s stroll through the shiny new Westfield mall.
It's been blamed on the super-sized election, property prices and even the Indian summer but with just 112 days until Christmas, shopper sentiment is worrying on some of Australia's top retailers.
Bunnings will not undercut Masters' fire-sale prices as the inventory liquidation ramps up.
David Jones' appetite for Australia's up-market food sector will lure big-spending foodies away from Coles and Woolworths and take a bite of ouf the chains' future earnings.
Collins Foods is focused on expanding its fast food restaurant operations following its recent acquisition of 13 KFC stores.
Target Australia has withdrawn a Batgirl T-shirt aimed at young girls from its stores following an outcry over a "sexist message" to do with dry cleaning and other household chores.
Billionaire rag trader Solomon Lew's Just Group is suing its chief financial officer for defecting to rival chain Cotton On.
A year out from the closure of its two Australian manufacturing plants, and the production of the final locally built Commodore, Holden has unveiled its game plan for life as a pure car importer.
Demand for connected devices and Australia's "resilient property market" sent shoppers to Harvey Norman's stores.
Woolworths wants to appoint an independent arbitrator to resolve a legal dispute with its home improvement partner Lowe's.
7-Eleven's claims it is processing back pay requests faster internally than through the Fels Wage Fairness Panel have been described as laughable.
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Lowe's legal action could ultimately hurt Woolworths' chief Brad Banducci's plans to upgrade 80 of the Woolworths supermarkets and turn around its core business.
SurfStitch's shares have dived 50 per cent after it posted a $155 million full-year loss and revealed plans to sell its Surf Hardware International business.
A contract restraining Just Group's CFO from working at rival retailers for two years was so broad it would arguably prevent her from working in the coal mining industry, a judge has said.
US hardware giant Lowe's has hammered its Masters joint venture partner Woolworths.
Online furniture retailer Temple & Webster's loss was more than double what was forecast in its prospectus.
The privately held chain Aldi, one of the world's biggest retailers, has released some eagerly awaited detail about its local operations. But an accounting expert questions elements of Aldi's accounts.
David Jones chief John Dixon said the department store's ready-to-eat range will rewrite the rules for take-away in Australia.
The country's biggest chicken producer is widely tipped to cut jobs after bumper float.
Twenty-five-year-old Australian fashion label Seduce has collapsed, after surviving several wind-up bids from landlords over the past couple of years.
The federal government is preparing to crack down on wage fraud across the $170 billion franchise industry.
It all started in May with some chatter about cheap bananas.
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At the crack of dawn on Tuesday, a tired and emotional 7-Eleven franchisee, Helen Ren, will meet a group of executives to hand back the keys to her store.
Coca-Cola Amatil's profits are up after higher sales of bottled water offset weak demand for fizzy drinks.
Australia Post has recovered from its huge financial losses in 2015 to post a $36 million after-tax profit thanks to increased parcel deliveries and a shake-up of its letter delivery business.
Not that long ago, Volkswagen dealerships were among the hottest properties in car retail. Now they're only worth the land they stand on, and the inventory in their showroom.
Aussies are buying Bentleys, Jaguars, BMWs and Mercedes in record numbers even as overall living standards are falling in a sign of rising inequality.
As political pressure grows, some small businesses are getting avoiding banks all together.
A travel site that reached $200m turnover in three years works hard on this one thing.
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