Aldi amasses $2 billion property portfolio in expansion push

German discount supermarket Aldi has amassed a property portfolio worth close to $2 billion in Australia, providing it with security of tenure and significant capital gains.

'Hold the anchovies!' Domino's may be $800m overvalued

Domino's Pizza is more than $800 million overvalued and will not meet its ambitious growth targets because it needs to share more profit with store owners, investment bank Citi says.

Retail Food Group shares dumped after profit warning

The owner of chains including Michel's Patisserie, Gloria Jean's Coffees, Donut King and Brumby's Bakery has cut its profit forecast for 2017 by $3.3 million after running into trouble internationally..

Amazon is taking on bricks-and-mortar's last advantage

For many people, buying clothing online is not worth the hassle of getting a pair of pants or a shirt that does not fit. That is about to change if Amazon gets its way.

'Truly love at first sight': How Amazon wooed Whole Foods

Whole Foods' 63-year-old CEO says he was set up with Amazon on a "blind date" about six weeks ago and fell in love after conversing for hours.

Sale in the mix as OrotonGroup weighs its options

Retailer OrotonGroup says it has received expressions of interest that could involve a sale of the company and plans to begin a formal process to explore its options.

The company where women get promoted while on maternity leave

In corporate Australia where there are just a handful of female CEOs on the ASX 200, and 13 of the nation's largest boards still without any women on it, male chiefs need to push women to climb the corporate ladder.

Amazon's grocery plans hit Australian supermarkets

Online retailer Amazon snapping up the American grocery chain Whole Foods put a chill through Australian supermarkets.

KFC to trial home delivery

KFC Australia will trial home delivery next month, as the chicken frying giant tries to keep pace with the rapidly changing fast food market.

How Millennials will shift Australia's spending habits

By 2030, two out of every three dollars earned in Australia will accrue to those who reached adulthood in the digital age.

'Potentially terrifying': Amazon's $18bn deal set to shake up retail

The dramatic deal confirmed what had long been feared: Amazon was going on the offensive on the turf of traditional supermarkets.

Why you're seeing retail and car ads everywhere

Australia's biggest retailers have increased advertising by 10 per cent and are tipped to splash even more cash in the second half as online marketplace Amazon ramps up its expansion.

'I know how long it takes' - Gerry Harvey's Amazon warning

Billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey says market has overestimated how quickly Amazon will get land in Australia and start delivering quickly.

Amazon to acquire Whole Foods for $18 billion

Amazon.com will acquire Whole Foods Market in a $US13.7 billion ($18 billion) deal, marking the biggest transaction ever for the e-commerce giant as it pushes deeper into groceries.

a2 Milk shares surge as it lifts sales guidance again

Shares in a2 Milk surge after it lifts its full-year sales guidance for the second time in two months.

Milk company Bellamy's in 13 per cent share boilover

Investors have jumped into the infant formula company Bellamy's after it emerged from a two-day trading halt.

Disclosure on way as Aldi signs up to tax code

ALDI Australia has signed up to the federal government's voluntary Tax Transparency Code, which will require the retail giant to give taxpayers some level of disclosure about its highly secretive tax affairs.

Salad days no more: SumoSalad battles Westfield

SumoSalad threatens to move out of Westfield shopping centres if it doesn't get a significant rent cut.

'Low point': retail spending tipped to pick up

Population growth, strong food sales and more competition to drive extra sales at the checkout, Deloitte Access Economics predicts.

Store wars: David Jones scores another win

David Jones has struck again in the ongoing store wars, snatching contemporary international label Self Portrait from rival Myer.

Is Coles strategic or desperate?

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It's been a bad week for Wesfarmers, but good news for its shelf-stackers and shoppers.

Coke ditches Zero looks to No Sugar hero

Coca-Cola is making its sugar-free options clearer as sugar is declared the new "dietary villain".

Coles admits most of its workforce underpaid

Supermarket giant concedes for first time it has underpaid much of its workforce in a cosy deal.

The dreams and nightmares in the supermarket price war

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The spectre of a supermarket price discounting war is a customer's dream and a shareholder's nightmare.

'Crazy': Coles says grocery prices need to be cheaper

Supermarket giant says food and grocery prices are 'crazy' compared to the rest of the world.

'No insight': Brumby's owner slams investment bank report

Company behind Brumby's Bakery, Donut King, Michel's Patisserie and Crust Pizza slams analysis as "premature, precipitous and, with respect, an exercise in speculative guesswork."

'This is in effect wage theft': The problem of working at Aldi

Aldi faces claims of wage theft and breaking the law, but the retail giant said its work arrangements are "lawful and suitable".

CatchOfTheDay rebrands as it gets ready for Amazon

Online retailer CatchOfTheDay has rebranded itself Catch and relaunched as a marketplace for other sellers in a move that puts it in direct competition with US giant Amazon.

Investors drop shares in retailer behind Gloria Jean's, Donut King

Investors in Retail Food Group headed for the exits on Monday due to concerns about upcoming accounting changes.