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Fantastic agrees to $361m takeover
The South African owner of furniture brands Freedom and Snooze expands its Australian business bidding for Fantastic.
The South African owner of furniture brands Freedom and Snooze expands its Australian business bidding for Fantastic.
Major south-east Queensland stores will be able to open longer.
Household goods retailers Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi and Adairs are set to gain from rising house prices, near-record housing approvals, and falling savings rates.
Beauty mega-brands such as Sephora and home grown cosmetics star Mecca are having "their moment in the sun", challenging high-profile fashion labels for prize retail sites in the process.
Shoppers camped out from 3am to get to the front of queue for the launch of blockbuster fashion brands in the first stage of the $660 million redevelopment of the Chadstone shopping centre.
Heads roll as Metcash's new team starts to lead the merged Mitre 10 and Home Timber & Hardware business.
Masters Home Improvement has employed security guards at all its stores during the clearance sale to keep control of abusive and unruly customers.
When one Canberra shopper impulsively stole a bag of potatoes at a self-serve checkout, it was the first time he'd ever stolen.
Woolworths has agreed to pay Hills $6 million to terminate its licensing agreement with the supermarket giant.
Masters Home Improvement's firesale has been dogged by consumer complaints of discounts that don't live up to the promised bargains.
Like Australia's Woolworths, Tesco has been under pressure from German discounters and criticised for understocked stores. But Britain's largest retailer is finally getting some things right.
The discount German supermarket is defying an industry-wide slowdown in advertising to post a 16 per cent rise.
One of Australia's top ugg-boot manufacturers battles the tax office as the local industry complains of cheeky imports.
It felt surreal listening to Nick Abboud, the former head of collapsed retailer Dick Smith, at his final day testimony.
Heavy rains in South Australia, Victoria and parts of NSW have raised fears this years' vintage could be blighted by disease.
Fresh from hardware train-wreck, Masters executive will lead ATO service delivery.
Retailers say they're sick of opportunists who lie about what they're buying to get a discount or who try to avoid paying at all at self-service checkouts.
The CEO of the failed electronics retailer denies he was trying to inflate profits by grabbing unsustainable short-term rebates from suppliers.
Masters Home Improvement has tried to cancel supplier orders in recent weeks amid criticism Woolworths' failed hardware chain has not cut prices fast enough or deep enough to move stock.
Politix owner Peter Sitch has pocketed about $60 million after stitching up a deal to sell his 40-year-old menswear label to Country Road Group.
A solid rise in retail sales in August could be a signal that a slump in consumption growth is only temporary, economists say.
Wild spring weather is expected to push up cherry prices this summer as growers warn of a smaller harvest of Australia's favourite Christmas crop.
Retailer was carrying far too many types of merchandise the company's former chairman says.
German discount supermarket Aldi may be in breach of disclosure requirements, accounting expert says.
American discount retailer weighs up sites made available by the collapse of Woolworths' hardware chain, Masters.
The first ever comprehensive study into the sale of ivory and rhino horn in Australian and New Zealand auction houses has found trade of the product still takes place.
7-Eleven meets all of our tax obligations, in full and on time, wherever they fall due. Our business has in fact paid almost $9 million in payroll tax in NSW and Victoria over the past three years that the story focuses on.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims has taken a swipe at supermarket heavyweights Woolworths and Coles for criticising planned changes to competition laws.
In the shadow of its larger siblings Coles and Bunnings, the office supplies chain has been quiety pushing into the arts supplies and kids markets.
Loyalty can make leave you short-changed. Literally. This is how.
Keeping pay an in-house secret is damaging organisation performance, argue researchers.
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