‘Death row’: $7.50 product that saved Kmart
It’s hard to believe, but at one point Kmart was set to vanish as sales plummeted. The retailer’s boss has revealed how a $7.50 product was key to its turnaround.
Retail
Worst thing about self-checkouts revealed
Despite a new study that has found that self-service checkouts erode customer loyalty, Australia’s largest retailers continue to stick with the divisive technology.
Shock back-to-school costs revealed
The amount Australians will be spending on school supplies this year has been revealed, and the figure may shock you.
Albo’s epic supermarket war exposed
Coles and Woolies have been caught out and now, quite rightly, the Albanese Government looks set to fight them.
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Supermarkets jack up food prices
NEXT time you do a shop, you might be unpleasantly surprised. Prices are rising as Coles and Woolies end big discounting.
JB Hi-Fi lifts profit 16 per cent
CONSUMER electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi has lifted first-half net profit 15.99 per cent to $110.4 million.
Woolies’ check-out slap to Coles
WHILE Coles gets tough on self-service customers with item limits and shoplifting stings, Woolies is quietly doing something different.
Coles’ new rules for self-serve checkouts
MONTHS after its crackdown on theft and underscanning, Coles is implementing another controversial measure.
Coca-Cola profits fall 55 per cent
COLA-COLA is offloading assets and pushing mini bottles and cans in a bid to claw back revenue after sales fell by $59 million.
More luxury fashion brands go under
JOB losses are imminent for Australian workers at two more luxury fashion brands as the retail carnage continues.
Another fashion retailer bites the dust
YET ANOTHER fashion retailer is in strife, with the maker of Herringbone and Rhodes & Beckett the latest to go into voluntary administration.
Alibaba: ’Australia is a gold mine’
JACK Ma was struggling to make ends meet before he launched Alibaba. Now China’s second richest man is sharing his secrets.
Amazon’s latest massive gamble
AMAZON isn’t content just being the “everything store.” Increasingly, it looks like it wants to be its own deliveryman, too.
‘Exciting news for sausage fans’
BRITS are about to be officially introduced to an Aussie speciality – the sausage sizzle – as home improvement giant Bunnings prepares to open in the UK.
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