October
US dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping
The strike blocks everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas, in a disruption likely to cost the economy billions a day.
- Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson
September
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
Supermarket pile-on is going to cause real harm
If the supermarkets are guilty, then throw the book at them. But it’s populist politics that is really at work here.
- Graeme Samuel
Woolworths and Coles could be ‘innocent’: Samuel
Graeme Samuel says the higher prices charged by the two major supermarkets could have been caused by suppliers, as the ACCC found the retailers have increased their earnings and operating margins over the past five years.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Tom McIlroy
June
- Opinion
- Supermarket inquiry
Why this is a practical, workable supermarket code of conduct
The new code offers the best of both a mandatory and voluntary system of compliance for the supermarket giants.
- Craig Emerson
To keep great store managers, Walmart is offering up to $800,000
The American retailer has begun offering bonuses twice managers’ base salaries to supervise huge stores and hundreds of staff.
- Jaewon Kang
April
Super growers take on Woolies, Coles with private equity cash
Giant pension funds from Canada, Singapore and US private equity are behind super producers who account for half the $9.1 billion fruit and vegetable market. Bigger is better, and Australia is mirroring a global trend.
- Simon Evans and Carrie LaFrenz
January
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
The cost-of-living crisis is real – so is supermarket competition
The Emerson review must not make findings for the political sake of having been seen to have done something.
- Jeff Kennett
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
In the shopping trolley war, the supermarkets have to give
Suppliers can get paid more, and shoppers pay less. But only if supermarket giants are forced to compete more.
- Craig Emerson
August 2023
Meet the woman tasked with steering Aldi to new heights
Arriving in Australia more than two decades ago, Anna McGrath is now running the discount chain locally and is one of the global company’s most senior women.
- Carrie LaFrenz
August 2022
Brambles shows how to conquer inflation
Chief executive Graham Chipchase says the group isn’t on customers’ Christmas card lists as it clawed back $670 million in higher timber costs for pallets.
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- Simon Evans
July 2022
Walmart issues profit warning as soaring inflation hits customers
The iconic retailer warned its operating income would fall by 13-14 per cent in the quarter and by 11-13 per cent over the full year as it discounts merchandise to clear excess inventory.
- Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
June 2022
Brambles pulls pin on $1b Costco plastic pallets shift
CEO Graham Chipchase says part of the reason for not proceeding is the cost of plastic pallets has jumped by 50pc since September.
- Simon Evans
May 2022
Costco clout adds to Brambles plastic pallets dilemma
A shift to plastic pallets by a big customer in the US would help Brambles cut the number of pallets which go missing, but the cost is higher.
- Simon Evans
- Exclusive
- BOSS
Why this CEO reckons boring is good
Graham Chipchase wanted to fly fighter jets but settled for the logistics trade. In this time of turbulence, though, running Brambles is anything but dull.
- Hans van Leeuwen
March 2022
Just own it: why Nike looks significantly undervalued
Alfred Tadros on why Aoris would ‘love’ to own IDEXX Labs, his bullish view on Costco, and which opportunity the group added in the latest bout of volatility.
- Alex Gluyas
September 2021
Brambles’ $960m Costco dilemma
Brambles is deep into a trial using expensive plastic pallets with one of the biggest retailers in the US, but D-Day is looming.
- Simon Evans
August 2021
Where is Bill Hwang, the man who lost $US20b in two days
About 24 kilometres from midtown Manhattan, the head of Archegos is groping for answers in the wake of one of the biggest debacles in Wall Street history.
November 2020
Multinationals seek to weaken US bill banning goods made by forced labour
The bill, which would prohibit broad categories of certain goods made by persecuted Muslim minorities, has gained bipartisan support.
- Ana Swanson
July 2020
Bezos touts Amazon's customer focus in testimony
The Amazon chief executive is set to tell a US House hearing the global retail market is 'strikingly large and extraordinarily competitive'.
- Jay Greene and Elizabeth Dwoskin
June 2020
Amazon secures record low borrowing costs
The company raised almost $15 billion in an offering that included three-year notes carrying an interest rate of just 0.4 per cent.
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- Joe Rennison, Eric Platt and Dave Lee