Sweltering summer temperatures on the eastern seaboard have rescued Harvey Norman's sliding sales growth as the furniture and whitegoods giant looks to its overseas retail outlets to drive growth.
Apparel retailer the Specialty Fashion Group says it is uncertain whether a takeover offer it received from Middle Eastern investment company Al Alfia will go ahead.
Retail queen Jan Cameron has failed in her bid to join the board of troubled baby formula marketer Bellamy's Australia, but has succeeded in turfing out existing directors and getting her associates appointed.
Online clothing and sports equipment retailer Surfstitch has narrowed its half-year loss to $8.3 million from $14.5 million a year earlier.
Australian retailers are se to face a new entrant with many South African-based brands now discovering that there is a new market near their door step, with a similar climate, time zone and consumer outlook.
Money continues to flow into retail, despite more than 2,100 retail business collapsing over the past two financial years.
Spiraling utility costs are adding to the pressure on Australia's supermarket sector which is already battling the toughest conditions in three years, according to Coles.
It doesn't take long to appreciate that Magdi Batato has one of the biggest private sector jobs in the world.
"I didn't even realise that was such a problem for these young girls."
Fast food giant Domino's Pizza is being probed by the consumer regulator after it was caught out in potentially in breach of laws designed to protect its own store owners.
Domino's pay practices have come under the spotlight following a Fair Work Ombusdman investigation into alleged underpayment of staff.
Owner of Vans, Dr Martens and Skechers says lower dollar, slower than expected start to spring, weakness in lifestyle shoes hurt.
Sunday is the No.1 trading day for many of Fred Harrison's grocery stores, and now he's looking forward to putting some experienced staff back on the weekend roster.
Crown Resorts' half-year result slumps on collapse in VIP revenue.
Competition in the increasingly-crowded bottled water market has forced Coca-Cola Amatil to cut the price of its packaged H20.
Woolworths is closing-in on Coles' family shoppers after transforming its billion-dollar investment in price into a record-breaking second quarter sales surge.
As Woolworths celebrated the early signs of improvement in supermarket sales attention turned to the real elephant in the aisle - the ugly loss notched up by Big W and the continued bleeding of its sales.
Woolworths broke its 30-quarter losing stream by winning the second quarter sales race with Coles, posting a 3.1 per cent increase in same store sales for the second quarter compared to must 0.9 per cent growth at Coles.
Coca-Cola Amatil will close its manufacturing plant in South Australia, at a loss of about 180 jobs, and shift the work to Queensland as part of a $90 million reorganisation.
Retail has had a rough and ready couple of months, but some companies are shooting it out of the park.
Aldi is calling for people to join its testers' club, seeking to capitalise on the fervour of some of its shoppers.
There is no excuse for any employer to underpay or exploit their employees.
Supreme Court finds grounds of appeal weren't strong and dismisses bail application.
Australians spend more than $1.2 billion at Rich Lister Jack Cowin's fast food restaurants.
First Super has written to four fund managers that it invests members' money in questioning the Domino's business model after the recent Fairfax investigation into the pizza giant.
The changing of the guard at Wesfamers this week was all but overshadowed by a sharp fall in earnings from its prized supermarket business Coles, big losses from its UK hardware operation and the likely sale of both coal and the Officeworks chain.
Neilsen research has underlined the threat to Australian retailers from Amazon.
Shares in Baby Bunting dive 5 per cent in early trade after Australia's biggest baby goods chain tipped growth at its older stores to slow.
Experts are predicting a worldwide shortage in the next couple of months, jacking up prices around the globe.
Under Armour's founder and chief executive made a mistake praising President Donald Trump, and investors of the sportswear brand will pay for it.
Revised AANA guidelines require social media influencers to reveal payments.
An online store selling mountain bike accessories was experiencing financial trouble. But a financial detox turned the business's finances around within six months. Here's how.
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