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Struggling supermarkets rely on beer, babies and smokes
A discounting war could make mincemeat of our supermarkets.
Catie Low covers the retail and consumer goods sectors.
A discounting war could make mincemeat of our supermarkets.
The spiraling cost of getting kids back into the classroom is driving investment in specialist education businesses at the major retailers.
Wesfarmers' senior management has warned investors and analysts to rein-in expectations of its second quarter sales performance amid predictions Woolworths will shake off its 29-quarter losing streak to win the second quarter sales race.
The international fast fashion brands have snared more than $600 million in sales last year, adding to the pressure on the discount department store chains to improve their performance.
H&M;'s bid to move its workers onto an enterprise agreement has failed after being knocked back by Fair Work on the basis it did not pass the better off overall test.
Cotton On Group wants to run it's own race and with sales growing at 20 per cent a year, the business is pushing up against its goal of being the dominant fast fashion retailer in the world.
One hour north of Melbourne there's a factory that makes magic. This is the where every jelly bean, red frog, raspberry snake and party mix bag is made for Australia and New Zealand
Australian toy creators are making child's play of the retail revolution led by the likes of US giant Amazon and proving innovation is a more powerful than price, a lesson many of Australia's best-known retail brands would do well to heed as we hurtle towards 2017.
Coles, Woolworths, Target, Bunnings, Kmart, Myer, David Jones, JB Hi-Fi and now Big W are all run by men.
Besieged infant formula business Bellamy's is facing two more potential class actions after ACA Lawyers and Slater & Gordon announced they were both investigating shareholder claims against the Launceston-based operation.
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