Six graphs that explain Australia's retail carnage
Major bank tips tough two years for Australia's retailers because wages aren't growing and international retailers keep setting up shop.
Madeleine Heffernan covers the retail and consumer goods sectors.
Major bank tips tough two years for Australia's retailers because wages aren't growing and international retailers keep setting up shop.
Woolworths and Wesfarmers have arguably been outclassed by German discounter Aldi when it comes to private-label products. And now the big two supermarkets face a fresh challenge.
Kenya plans to ban them and Uruguay plans to tax them. But Australians receive free plastic shopping bags almost everywhere they shop. Now Aldi is calling for a ban.
Consumer confidence in both Australia and New Zealand "reasonably OK", says activewear chain.
Retail giant slams "slow process" to get SA liquor licence.
Call it the anti fast-fashion label. Twenty-six-year-old Tom Cridland has gained an outsized profile for his fashion label thanks to actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Craig, and savvy self-promotion.
Australia's biggest supermarket chain joins a member network for the first time to improve the way it purchases European products.
US retail giant says it wants to become even cheaper than Woolworths and Coles, from 28 per cent now.
In news that wil send shivers down the spines of under-pressure local chains, the German grocery chain Kaufland promises an 'ambitious Australian investment.'
Appearance, service, product range and opening hours are a crucial part of the mix, as research shows US chain Costco is much cheaper than the big two supermarkets.
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