Grill'd in court: inside a big-league bun fight

A key adage of the corporate world is "don't go into business with a friend". Or, as American oil baron John D. Rockefeller famously put it: "A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder."

Myer says more stores may close as momentum builds

Australia's biggest department store scares off persistent short-sellers by posting its fifth consecutive quarter of same-store sales growth.

Myer stages a revival that proves critics wrong

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The fact that investors and retail experts are overjoyed about Myer reporting a 1.6 per cent improvement in sales in the first quarter of the 2017 financial year says a lot about the state of department stores in Australia.

Christmas comes early for Kogan

Online retailer Kogan has upgraded its guidance by up to 30 per cent and tipped a "strong Christmas trading period" at its first annual general meeting as a listed company.

Bringing the bling: jewellery's new carat patch

A mini-boom is happening in the luxury jewellery market – so who's buying it?

Corporate watchdog seeks answers to Harvey Norman

The corporate watchdog has reached out to Harvey Norman as pressure intensifies for the retailer to provide more detail about the financial relationship between Harvey Norman head office and its franchisees.

Burger kings go to war over $300m Grill'd chain

"I detest him" says Grill'd founder of his friend and partner

How Trump is hurting Tiffany's

Analysts warn the iconic jeweller's busines might suffer from its close association with the real estate mogul and his home.

Coles to offload $880m credit card business

Wesfarmers is selling its $880 million Coles credit card portfolio to Citi in a retreat from the financial services sector.

Woolworths expected to fast track Big W sale

The shock departure of Big W boss Sally Macdonald has fuelled talk Woolworths will fast-track its plans to sell off the embattled discount department store.

Woolworths hit by new crisis as Big W boss quits

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Woolworths' biggest problem child, Big W, just got a lot more difficult after the architect of its turnaround strategy, Sally Macdonald, quit after just ten months in the job.

JB Hi-Fi lauded at Workplace Giving Excellence Awards

JB Hi-Fi picked up the top gong at the Workplace Giving Excellence Awards on Wednesday.

Domino's hails delivery of 'world's first' drone pizza

Domino's claims it has completed the world's first pizza delivery by drone.

Big W chief executive Sally Macdonald resigns

Woolworth's struggling discount chain Big W has lost its chief executive less than a year after she took on the top job.

Gerry Harvey threatens to walk away from AGMs

Billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey has forecast the end of annual general meetings and again dismissed concerns over Harvey Norman's accounts as the dark arts of short sellers.

American Apparel files for bankruptcy again, with sale plan

The brand built on made-in-the-USA marketing and racy advertising at a chain of prominent retail locations, is going through a second bankruptcy.

Gerry Harvey blames short sellers for franchise brawl

Harvey Norman’s executive chairman, Gerry Harvey, has blasted a foreign short-seller as the culprit behind "hearsay and rumours" that raised questions about the retailer’s financial relationship with its franchisees.

Amazon to open small stores, online supermarket in Australia

One of the world's biggest retailers is on track to launch bricks and mortar grocery stores and an online supermarket in Australia within two years.

David Jones owner downbeat on Australian economy

South African retail giant Woolworths plans more 'trans-seasonal' clothing to cope with unpredictable weather in the southern hemisphere.

Aldi to sell Australian products to China

German discount supermarket is set to enter China, and broader Asia, using Australia as a springboard.

Harvey Norman's secret $62 million start-up

Harvey Norman has sunk almost $62 million into a secret start-up in the past two years, a retail joint venture that hasn't earned the listed operation a cent so far.

Geek-chic: How Black Milk became a global phenomenon

It all started in a yellow suburban house in Brisbane with a single plastic sewing machine, a blog, and a hope that girls somewhere would like these patterned tights.

Aldi's arch rival eyes Australia

German retail giant Schwarz Group has sought an Australian trademark for its 'Kaufland' superstore as it's sounding out the local market.

Alibaba posts $1 billion in sales in five minutes on Singles' Day

Alibaba Group posted $US1 billion of sales within the first five minutes of Single's Day.

Wesfarmers brands Trump victory a 'triumph of populism'

Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney has branded Trumps' win a triumph of populism.

Higher costs take bite out of Toblerone, shrinking UK bars

Higher costs in the UK, where a Brexit-battered pound is squeezing retailers and brand owners, have chiselled away the craggy Alpine shape of Toblerone chocolate bars.

China regulator warns e-commerce firms on dodgy 'Singles Day' sales tactics

China's business regulator said it has warned leading online shopping companies, including Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com, against adopting dodgy sales tactics at China's biggest shopping day of the year.

Woolworth dumps Australia's best known tinned tomatoes

Australia's biggest supermarket is taking SPC Ardmona's tinned tomatoes off its shelves after cutting a deal with a new South Australian supplier for the canned commodity.

Farmers urge Woolies to stay true blue on canned fruit

The Victorian Farmers Federation has warned the livelihoods of thousands farmers are on the line as Woolworths considers abandoning its $70 million agreement with SPC Ardmona two years into the five year deal.