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?
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
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.
Gwen Stefani and a worker pay push: inside Walmart's AGM
Just after 8 am, a woman descends from the ceiling at the Bud Walton Arena, 30 miles from Walmart's headquarters.
Bunnings finds it can afford to shun online
The country's dominant hardware chain faces three big challenges.
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.
Small Business
Why this woman traded in the 'mumpreneur' dream
Ten years ago practically every mother wanted to start a start-up. Everything's changed.
'We never got close to making the GST threshold'
The Goods and Services Tax has been a part of the Australian business landscape for almost 17 years now. There have been some changes over that time, such as the increase in the income threshold requiring compulsory GST registration up to $75,000, but in many ways the GST system is largely unchanged.