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Baby Bunting sales jumped 16.6 per cent to $217.3 million when compared to the prior corresponding half, with comparable store sales of 15 per cent, or 21.8 per cent when excluding the Victoria lockdown

Baby Bunting slumps as retailers feel pain of consumer crunch

Discretionary retailers including Adairs, Michael Hill and Baby Bunting are among those that have reported falling sales amid slower spending.

  • Millie Muroi

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Kmart is one of the retailers who has said it is struggling to find enough staff to work over Christmas.

Staff shortages at major retailers worsen ahead of Christmas

Staff shortages at some of Australia’s largest retailers could threaten trade over the festive season.

  • Dominic Powell
Adairs chief executive Mark Ronan.

Adairs shares soar after strong subsidy-boosted result

Homewares retailer Adairs has reported a huge jump in sales and profit for the 2020 financial year, in part thanks to a significant stimulus from JobKeeper.

  • Dominic Powell
Adairs has seen a jump in trade following store reopenings in May.

Nick Scali, Adairs see sales jump as customers flock back to stores

A wave of pent-up demand from shoppers has helped retailers Nick Scali and Adairs stage a swift recovery from the coronavirus lockdown.

  • Dominic Powell
In the dark: Kathmandu says it cannot accurately predict how the COVID-19 crisis will affect its business, but warns earnings will take a big hit.

'Sooner than we thought': Early mark for retailers as stores reopen

Retailers are hoping shoppers will be eager to return to brick-and-mortar stores after weeks of shopping online amid the five-week coronavirus-induced shutdown.

  • Dominic Powell
Online shopping is predicted to get big, and stay big, thanks to the coronavirus crisis.

'New normal': Traditional retailers prepare to downsize amid massive online shopping shift

Australia's retailers are preparing to shut stores, reduce workforces and reconfigure supply chains to prepare for a fundamental shift towards online shopping.

  • Dominic Powell and Simon Johanson
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Adairs has picked up New Zealand-based retailer Mocka for $75 million.

Adairs boosted by Mocka acquisition in solid half-year result

The recent acquisition of online homewares and furniture retailer Mocka has fuelled a better-than-expected result at manchester merchant Adairs.

  • Dominic Powell
Adairs has picked up New Zealand-based retailer Mocka for $75 million.

Adairs shares soar after $75 million purchase of Kiwi retailer Mocka

The local linen seller has pitched the acquisition as a way to double its share of online sales, and give it a foothold in the New Zealand market.

  • Dominic Powell
Adairs CEO Mark Ronan. Photo Supplied

Adairs profit hit by weak dollar and retail slump

Furniture and homewares retailers Adairs' sales growth was largely thanks to an increase in online shopping.

  • Dominic Powell
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Unrequited friendship can be extremely awkward, and surprisingly painful.

  • Kerri Sackville

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