Amazon is getting into sportswear, taking on Nike

Amazon is enlisting some of the biggest athletic-apparel suppliers as part of a foray into private-label sportswear, according to people familiar with the matter, sending a jolt through the industry.

Amazon makes it easier for teens to use parents' credit cards

Amazon.com, already the most popular online retailer among adults, is setting its sights on a new demographic: teenagers.

Myer chairman pulls pin earlier than planned

Embattled retailer Myer will farewell its chairman earlier than previously planned as the company accelerated a clean out of its board.

'Rampant underpayment': Woolworths trolley collectors to receive back pay

Woolworths will pick up the tab for underpaid trolley collectors where the contractor responsible for ripping off the workers has gone under or disappeared.

High-stakes hearing with the lot looms for Domino's

Pizza giant Domino's Enterprises, its network of franchisees, unions and thousands of workers will be itching for the outcome of a Fair Work Commission hearing that relates to more than 26 applications by two unions to terminate various enterprise agreements.

German giant buys supermarket site to enter Australia

Australia's fiercely competitive grocery sector is set for another shakeup after German giant Kaufland purchased a landmark South Australian site for its first major supermarket.

David Jones turns to food halls to spice up sales

Upmarket department store chain David Jones has opened its next generation site at GPT Group's Wollongong Central, which features a new food concept.

The email that turned Solly Lew against Myer

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Solly Lew was granted half an hour with Myer chairman Paul McClintock in October after trying to see him since May. It turned out to be the final straw for the Premier Investments boss.

Oroton follows this year's fashion colour into the red

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The carnage in the retail apparel industry just gets uglier. The only thing that appears to be rising strongly in this market is the list of companies that are being placed up for sale.

Australia's richest female chief executive looks beyond phones

Maxine Horne's Vita Group is expanding into new categories.

Oroton mulls options as Gap closure drags it into red

​Embattled luxury handbags retailer Oroton is looking at its options, including selling to new owner, after falling sales and the demise of its Gap stores pushed it to a full-year loss.

Lew's back and on Myer's case

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In a very short statement to the stock exchange Solomon Lew has put Myer on notice. Let the games begin.

Myer shares flying after Lew seeks share register

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Solomon Lew's Premier Investments has requested the full Myer shareholder register.

Rain jackets, backpacks help Kathmandu weather tough market

New rain jackets and backpacks have helped lift adventure gear retailer Kathmandu's full-year profit by nearly 14 per cent as the broader clothing market suffers from tough trading conditions.

Consumers splurging on 'meaningful' nights out

More Australians are splashing out on "meaningful experiences" such as concert tickets, the theatre, hotel stays and eating out rather than retail goods, according to NAB data.

'It's a basket case': Solly Lew unloads on Myer

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Veteran retailer Solomon Lew has unleashed his views on what he really thinks about Myer, and the verdict?

Billionaire Solly Lew lashes out at landlords, Myer

Veteran retailer and billionaire Solomon Lew has lashed out at "unrealistic" property landlords, saying more stores would close if they didn't cut rents.

What business really wants from your loyalty card

The promise of a free lunch can be mightily alluring.

Wesfarmers' Richard Goyder bows out $100 million richer

Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder is going out on a high, taking home a record $12 million packet in his final year in the retail conglomerate's top job.

Stayin' alive, and ugly: Crocs' billion-dollar comeback

Crocs, perhaps the most polarising shoe of our time, is making a comeback.

Coles pay deal to wait for tribunal ruling on cheaper agreement

Coles will not put a new wage deal agreed on with the shop workers' union to a staff vote until the workplace tribunal decides whether to throw out its existing deal that pays lower penalty rates.

Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy; business as usual in Australian stores

The Australian arm of global kids retailing giant Toys"R"Us insists local stores will trade as normal after its parent company filed for bankruptcy in America and Canada.

Myer's share price hits an all-time low

Myer investors have punished the department store and pushed its share price to an all-time low.

Myer to claw back sales from its 'sexy cannibals'

Myer will try to claw back sales and floor space from the high-end concession stores that have colonised its stores.

Is New Myer just the old Myer with lip gloss?

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Only two years into the making of New Myer, its architect Richard Umbers is in strategy redesign - or as he would characterise it , refinement - as the business has fallen behind on its ambitious targets.

More stores to close as Myer profit tumbles 80%

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Myer says it will close more stores in what it expects to be another difficult year after its bottomline profit tumbled 80 per cent due to writedowns on the value of some of its fashion brands.

Local retailers don't trust Amazon, says eBay's new local boss

Australian retailers considering selling goods through Amazon do not trust the American ecommerce giant, and fear it might use their own sales data to undermine them, according to eBay' new local boss.

Why iPhones are cheaper in Asia than in Australia

Aussies hoping to buy the new iPhone are likely to be forking out more than most countries in Asia.

Amazon won't be the only Christmas Grinch

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The antidote to the current weakness in retail spending is an end to our sluggish wage growth.