Walmart asks staff to deliver packages on their way home
The idea is to cut costs on the expensive 'last-mile of deliveries', when packages are driven to customers' homes.
'Most exposed': Wesfarmers tipped to lose $400m to Amazon
Amazon poses a bigger threat to Wesfarmers' discount department stores, Kmart and Target, than to specialty retailers such as JB Hi-Fi, investment bank Morgan Stanley has warned.
Are the days of cheap chocolate coming to an end?
Cocoa prices have soared amid signs of tighter supplies, raising prospects that chocolate costs will climb.
Retail spending rebounds sharply to $25.9b
Australian retail spending rose 1 per cent in April, beating market expectations of a modest rise.
Ten new investigations - Fair Work expands investigation into Domino's Pizza
Domino's Pizza has announced delays to its nationwide review into wage fraud allegations across its stores.
Rich people don't want Ivanka Trump's fashion
After losing her most glamorous retail partners amid the controversies and boycotts that have marked her father's move into the White House, Ivanka Trump has gone downmarket. At its heart, Ivanka Trump is now a celebrity brand, not a designer fashion house. It's the messy discount rack, not the gleaming glass jewellery case.
Three charts that show how unhappy Aussie consumers are
Sentiment has remained negative this year all the way through May for the first time since the depths of the GFC in 2009, leaving retailers reeling and investors bearish on the sector.
Red Rooster says it can do what Officeworks could not: find investors
Red Rooster says it can attract investors to its chicken-frying franchise business despite the market's poor appetite for share market listings and consumer stocks.
Cosmetics the new battleground for retailers
Lipstick wars are gaining momentum across the country, led by French-based cosmetic giant Sephora.
New Wesfarmers boss to earn millions less than predecessor
Conglomerate Wesfarmers will pay its new chief executive up to $4 million less than his predecessor, acknowledging "downward pressure" on CEO pay levels in the broader market.
Retail trade data won't help outlook
The severe pressure on retail stocks will ramp up again this week as retail sales come in the spotlight.
Amazon 'hype' over the top
Online retailer Amazon will be lucky to get 5 per cent market share in Australia over eight years, investor says.
Domino's to take full control of Japan pizza business
Domino's plans to almost double the number of its stores in Japan by 2022.
SurfStitch suspends shares to assess $100m class action
SurfStitch has asked for its shares to be suspended from trade after the troubled online sports retailer was hit by a shareholder class action of as much as $100 million.
Tarocash owner sold to South African giant
The owner of Tarocash, yd.,✓ Rockwear and other apparel chains will be sold to a South African retailer in a deal that values the Australian company at $302.5 million.
Topshop UK owner could save local arm
Australia's struggling retail sector has been battered in a day that saw major players suffer heavy share prices losses.
Too big, too expensive: Six reasons why Topshop flopped
The Australian arm of the British fast-fashion giant entered voluntary administration on Wednesday. How did it go so wrong?
Fashion fail: Topshop Australia calls in administrators
High-profile fashion retailer has collapsed under debts and entered voluntary administration.
SurfStitch shares halted on $100m class action
SurfStitch has entered a trading halt while the online surf apparel retailer assesses a $100 million class action launched by aggrieved shareholders.
Australians targeted by Amazon spam scam
The world's biggest online retailer joins well-known retailers Coles, Woolworths, ALDI, IGA, Bunnings and Myer in having its reputation misused by scammers.
Herringbone administrators hold fire sale
The administrator of Herringbone and Rhodes & Beckett will slash the prices of current stock in a bid to save the brands in Australia.
Zara commits to Australia as sales jump
Three new stores help the Spanish fast-fashion chain generate $256 million in Australian revenue.
SurfStitch faces $100m class action over share wipeout
Online fashion retailer SurfStitch is facing a $100 million class action launched on behalf of shareholders whose investments have been wiped out by the troubled company's plunging share price.
SurfStitch shares dive as it warns losses to deepen
SurfStitch will run at least $5 million further into the red this year and will close its North American operations, the troubled fashion retailer has said.
Lidl hedges bets for 'concentrated' Oz market
One of the world's biggest retailers continues to register trademarks in Australia, despite insisting it has no plans to set up here.
Can British Bunnings save the Wesfarmers renovation?
"If I had the money I would buy one," local man Dave says while taking his dog for its daily walk past the store.
The fizzy drink that has soft drink giants scrambling
The fizzy fermented drink loved by sugar-free devotees is on the radar of soft drink giants Coca-Cola Amatil and PepsiCo.
We are visiting shopping centres less and less
The number of shoppers at shopping centres, high street and discount shopping centres has fallen 4.4 per cent this year, compared with 2016, according to figures tracking people entering and exiting stores.
Skewered Officeworks sale raises wider Wesfarmers questions
The imminent arrival of Amazon has skewered Wesfarmers' ability to do what it does best – horse trading assets.
Wesfarmers must face up to retail reality
Wesfarmers must balance its ambitions to reap $1.5 billion from the sale of the Officeworks chain with the reality.
Small Business
Greens introducing small business payments legislation
The Greens are moving to position themselves as the party of choice for small business.
Companies need to manage the work-at-home revolution
Those that excel at managing virtual workforces will have an advantage over clock-watchers.