Patrick Hatch

Wesfarmers, which owns Coles, has become Australia's top company by revenue.

Can Uber help Coles fix its Amazon problem?

Faced with the arrival of one American giant, Coles is looking for help from another.

Top guns: Jayne Hrdlicka, Alan Joyce and Gareth Evans.

Qantas in executive overhaul as shares lose altitude

Qantas has revealed a major shake-up of its executive team, with almost every one of the airline's top bosses changing jobs.

Maggie Zhou, Australia and New Zealand managing director for Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group.

The Amazon of China already has supermarkets. Now it wants our food

The business world may be enthralled with Amazon's moves to become a major supermarket player, but Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it is already strides ahead.

Qantas shares profit bounty with frontline staff

Qantas has delivered its second-highest profit ever as its continues to enjoy earnings growth from domestic flights and in its loyalty business.

Qantas can't become complacent: Joyce

The latest and greatest aircraft and in-flight technology will help Qantas become an even more efficient airline and allow it to keep cruising at its current unprecedented altitude, chief executive Alan Joyce says.

David Jones' total sales grew 1 per cent to $2.2 billion.

David Jones blames belt-tightening as shoppers steer clear

David Jones has recorded a 25 per cent drop in operating profit, as customers evaporate and it spends heavily in a new food-driven strategy it hopes will revive sales.

Troubled online sports retailer Surfstitch has called in administrators.

Online sports retailer calls in administrators

The weight of two class actions, a legal dispute with a major shareholder and an investigation by the corporate cop have proved too much for troubled online surf and skate retailer SurfStitch.

Big W will focus on children's products and homewares.

'Dated, tired' Big W wants your trust back

Woolworths says it will lose at least another $150 million from its "dated and tired" Big W chain this financial year.

Same-store supermarket sales grew 3.6 per cent during the year, pulling ahead of rival Coles.

'Disappointing': Big W woes continue for Woolworths

Woolworths has reported a 3.6 per cent drop in underlying profit from continuing operations, driven by heavy losses in its troubled Big W chain and discounting in its supermarket division.

Mick McMahon said sales had also been helped by relatively high red meat prices that saw more shoppers turn to chicken.

Chook price war helps Inghams fly in its first year

Australia's largest chicken producer Inghams Group has emerged a victor from 2016's supermarket chook war, crediting the price cutting with driving demand for its birds during its first year as a listed company.

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