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Foreign bid for Katies and Rivers stores
Popular shoppping centre retail brands Katies, Millers and City Chic are the subject of a $135 million takeover bid for listed owner Specialty Fashion Group.
Popular shoppping centre retail brands Katies, Millers and City Chic are the subject of a $135 million takeover bid for listed owner Specialty Fashion Group.
Solly Lew's Premier Investments has moved to reassure investors its brands have not been hurt by the weak sales conditions at the back of last year.
Myer's high profile fashion buyer Teneille Ferguson has defected to David Jones as the apparel sector battles falling sales and rising costs along with the constant battle to remain relevant.
Premier Investments' share price needed a shot of adrenalin, and on Wednesday morning an earnings update provided the required medicine.
Premier Investments, the retail powerhouse behind Just Jeans and Smiggle, has flagged record sales and earnings figures in the first half of the financial year.
The collapse of the premium suiting chains comes just a week after high-profile labels Marcs and David Lawrence faltered under the weight of almost $30 million in debt.
Australians spent more than $25.6 billion in December, but sales for the month dipped 0.1 per cent, confounding hopes for bumper Christmas sales.
Shares in fast-food chain Domino's Pizza Enterprises continued to fall on Monday, amid revelations the Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating stores for alleged underpayment of staff.
Official retail sales statistics for the all-important pre-Christmas period fell significantly short of expectations, not because Aussies bought fewer items but because we paid less for them.
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.
Credit agency Veda has come under fire after it mistakenly recorded a court judgment on a business owner's file.
I've got a redundancy payout and I'm thinking of spending it on a business or franchise.
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