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H&M reported the first monthly sales drop in almost four years.

Fast fashion fades as H&M;, Zara's profitability falls

Fast fashion is getting tougher as consumer rather spend up on leisure activities and buy more clothes from the rising number of online suppliers. Zara's profitability has shrunk to an eight-year low and H&M; reported its first sales drop in almost four years.

Don Meij has agreed to audits of Domino's franchises.

Domino's boss flags continued strong growth, subject to wage audits

Domino's Pizza chief executive Don Meij cannot commit to the company's stellar growth continuing until the outcome of fresh wage audits across its stores nationally is known, but he has vowed that the retail chain will take action if any issues are identified within its network.

Target managing director Guy Russo is confident the chain can beat the international apparel brands in the battle over ...

Target wants to win 'small f' fashion battle

Target boss Guy Russo is confident the embattled discount department store chain can win the battle for "small f fashion" spend in Australia against international apparel heavyweights such as Zara, H&M; and Uniqulo.

Vicinity Centres recently started trialling whether robots could be used to clean shop room floors.

Vicinity Centres to use robots as cleaners

Vicinty Centres is considering replacing some of its cleaning contractors with robots in a bid to automate and save costs, according to one of the company's non-executive directors, Wai Tang.

Mitre 10, Home Timber & Hardware retailers and suppliers have put their support behind a new buying group.

New buying group to challenge Metcash model

A group of hardware retailers and suppliers have thrown their support behind a fledgling, independent buying group that will challenge Metcash's wholesale distribution business.

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