Launching Alibaba's Australian headquarters, billionaire founder Jack Ma said the Chinese e-commerce giant would help Australian and New Zealand businesses share their products with the world.
February has lived up to its reputation as a tough month for retailers, with high-profile clothing chains Marcs and David Lawrence going bust.
It takes just a glimpse at his luggage to note that, when it comes to risk, Giuseppe Lavazza likes to hedge.
US luxury department store chain is winding down its relationship with the controversial Ivanka Trump brand after boycott threats and concerns about the first daughter's conflicts of interest.
The collapse of national fashion brands Marcs and David Lawrence has added another 1130 workers to the retail rout that claimed close to 2000 jobs in the sector before Christmas.
An administrator has been appointed to fashion brands David Lawrence and Marcs amid deteriorating sales.
Nando's franchisees across the country are in open rebellion against head office moves to get them to renovate – or lose their stores for nothing.
With Woolworths tipped to post stronger quarterly growth than rival Coles for the first time since 2009, a fund manager is calling on Wesfarmers to ditch its conglomerate structure.
Retailers shouldn't rely on customers to do shop assistants' work, Best & Less CEO says. But another retail expert says resistance is old-fashioned.
A discounting war could make mincemeat of our supermarkets.
High-flying Domino's Pizza Enterprises says a recent fall in its share price is not connected to the introduction of a 10 per cent surcharge on orders placed on Sunday.
If there was any doubt that wage underpayment is thriving in the $170 billion franchise sector take a look at Pizza Hut.
A consumer backlash has wiped tens of millions of dollars off the value of soft drink sales at Australia's major supermarkets.
The spiraling cost of getting kids back into the classroom is driving investment in specialist education businesses at the major retailers.
Australia is home to just 16 per cent of the world's top 250 retailers, but local retailers are bracing for international giants to shake up things this year.
Start-up seeking to become the country's biggest food and grocery wholesaler nabs part of Supabarn supermarket empire.
Australia's No.1 supermarket chain launches a "charm offensive" on suppliers left nervous by a court ruling that it did not act unconscionably by demanding up to $60 million from suppliers.
Oroton shares slumped 14 per cent after the luxury handbags and accessories retailer flagged soft earnings.
Suppliers' sunnier take on Woolworths suggest it is closing the gap to Coles faster than anticipated, UBS says.
The collapsed childrenswear chain Pumpkin Patch will shut its doors within weeks.
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.
A burger bar operator who has repeatedly underpaid workers is now facing an unusual court order from the workplace watchdog.
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.
A 24-year-old graphic designer is facing court after allegedly stealing online fashion retailer Showpo's entire customer contact list and giving it to a rival.
Claire Peters, currently chief operating officer of Tesco Thailand, will report to chief executive Brad Banducci after taking reins in July.
The one-time, high-flying, hot-pie business leaves behind a trail of destruction.
North American workout wear giant pumps $19.73 million into its operations Down Under to build market share.
Customers should be able to harvest their shopping data from supermarkets to help them shop around for better deals especially as new entrants, such as Amazon, enter the market.
David Jones' South African parent company says the department store chain lifted adjusted first-half sales four per cent.
Telstra small business customers are counting the cost of the Telstra outage which continues to affect some businesses.
Competition for new venture HQs will get fiercer as governments recognise the value of entrepreneurship ecosystems.
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