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Sydney roastery Campos Coffee snapped up by Dutch giant JDE Peet’s
Home-grown coffee company Campos, founded by Will Young 20 years ago, has been acquired by Dutch beverages giant JDE Peet’s.
- by Dominic Powell
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Corporates have a role to play in vaccination rollout, says Cotton On boss
The head of fashion giant Cotton On has called on businesses to do what they can to aid the international rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.
- by Dominic Powell
Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments set to nearly double full-year profits
The retailer, which owns brands such as Peter Alexander, Smiggle and Just Jeans, has continued its run of strong sales off the back of Australia’s COVID-19 recovery.
- by Dominic Powell
Netflix gets serious about retail as it launches online merchandise store
There will be Lupin pillows designed in collaboration with the Louvre and Netflix-branded boxer shorts. The world’s biggest streaming company is planting a flag in the territory of e-commerce.
- by John Koblin and Sapna Maheshwari
The plan to make smartphone and whitegood repairs cheaper and easier
Manufacturers would have to provide consumers and independent repairers with access to tools, spare parts and product manuals under a Productivity Commission plan to reduce landfill and make it cheaper to fix products.
- by Henrietta Cook and Jennifer Duke
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Woolworths
‘No evidence’: ACCC approves Woolworths’ $550 million takeover of PFD after long inquiry
After a lengthy inquiry the consumer watchdog has cleared Woolworths’ acquisition of food services company PFD, finding it will not substantially lessen competition.
- by Dominic Powell
Woolworths execs won’t lose bonuses despite damning Dan Murphy’s report
Woolies executives will not lose bonuses over the handling of the company’s controversial Darwin Dan Murphy’s store despite an independent review outlining serious failures.
- by Dominic Powell
Mike Tyson sues Australian streetwear retailer Culture Kings for ‘deceptive’ T-shirts
Former world champion boxer and “the baddest man on the planet” Mike Tyson has sued local streetwear retailer Culture Kings and its rich-lister owners.
- by Dominic Powell
The Reject Shop sales slide as inner-city COVID exodus continues
The discount retail chain has been forced to temper investor expectations after persistently weak sales at its inner city and shopping centre stores.
- by Dominic Powell
‘Impossible to contain’: Wesfarmers boss wants faster vaccine rollout
Wesfarmers chief executive Rob Scott has stressed the importance of getting Australians vaccinated quickly so the country could put an end to repeated lockdowns.
- by Dominic Powell
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Opinion
Wesfarmers’ message to governments: Don’t make us pay for the COVID stimulus
The stimulus-fuelled shopping bonanza has left companies like Bunnings, Kmart and Officeworks explaining to shareholders that the party is over now as more normal pre-COVID trading patterns return.
- by Elizabeth Knight