Woolies’ bold comeback plan
WOOLWORTHS is pinning its hopes on one new strategy as it fights to win back more money from your weekly shop.
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Dick Smith’s share market bloodbath
IF YOU have shares in Dick Smith, this is going to hurt. The retailer’s stock is now the second worst performing on the ASX.
IGA takes a beating in price wars
IGA wholesaler Metcash has suffered a massive hit to its grocery earnings as the price war with the supermarkets takes its toll.
Black-eye Friday as US shoppers brawl
YES, that is a grown woman stealing a veggie steamer from a child! Just one example of the shocking behaviour of some Black Friday shoppers in the US.
Disgusting tentacle in Aldi egg
FINDING a tentacle poking out of your egg is enough to put anyone off their morning fry-up. But that’s exactly what happened to this Aldi customer.
Is this really the best way to spend $150k?
IT’S the Christmas gift costing taxpayers a motza. But is this tree, erected behind boardings in the middle of a closed-off street, really worth $150,000?
How shops trick you into spending more
AUSTRALIAN shoppers will spend nearly $47 billion this Christmas, and retailers are prepared to do practically anything to get their share.
How to nail Black Friday sales
THE world’s biggest online shopping frenzy is upon us, with amazing deals on the cards. Here are some helpful tips.
Rowdy scenes at Woolworths meeting
TO SAY Woolies shareholders were angry would be an understatement. What were they unhappy with? Take your pick.
‘Ticketless’ parking is an epic fail
IT’S supposed to be a ‘quicker and easier’ ticketless parking system, but try telling that to these furious shoppers trapped inside a major Melbourne mall.
Is this the man to save ailing Woolworths?
AS WOOLIES braces for a big hit to its profits while battling Coles and Aldi, the struggling retail giant has brought in the big guns.
Man sacked for ‘stealing’ rubbish
A TROLLEY collector who was sacked for redeeming $2.80 worth of empty cans discarded by customers has had the last laugh.
‘I just want to bring her home’
HAVE you called your mum lately? This woman went missing nearly five years ago. She was found sleeping in a McDonald’s.
You won’t recognise Myer and DJs in 10 years
THINGS are looking grim for our marquee department stores Myer and David Jones. Here’s why they will need a dramatic change to survive.
$2 shops are in the reject bin
THE man who founded former bargain powerhouse Clint’s Crazy Bargains has warned the days of the humble $2 shop are over.
The Aldi of hardware is coming
LOOK out Bunnings. You’re about to face off with a new player. This is the little guy out to challenge the hardware giant’s dominance.
Zara slammed over banning shopper
GLOBAL fashion giant Zara is no stranger to controversy, with a security guard’s treatment of a Muslim woman prompting a huge backlash.
The Aldi effect is unstoppable
SICK of seeing your favourite products disappear from supermarket shelves, only to be replaced with home brands? Get used to it.
Aldi’s surprising secret weapon
YOU can’t buy the kind of publicity that comes from an impassioned mummy blogger … well actually, you can if your name is Aldi.
DJs Christmas windows ‘making kids cry’
DAVID Jones has been slammed for an annual Christmas display so dull it it’s been called a ‘tragic mistake’.
Woolworths feeds kids for free
PARENTS can stop worrying that their children will help themselves to produce at Woolies, with the supermarket opting to give it away for free.
‘This is Australia, not Syria’
OPTUS has come under fire on social media after featuring an advertisement written in Arabic at a shopping centre in Sydney.
Ikea store hacked with fake price tags
WHEN thousands of flat-pack furniture devotees bowled up to Australia’s newest Ikea store, they got slightly more than they bargained for.
‘He started foaming at the mouth’
ANGRY pet owners have called on Coles and Woolworths to stop selling a toxic flea spray after a cat suffered a severe reaction.
Can ‘McPick 2’ menu save McDonalds?
MACCAS’ latest bid to revive slumping sales sounds like a bad sequel, but it sure is cheap. Can the McPick 2 menu lure back customers?
a2 milking formula gold mine
AN Australian milk producer is cashing in big time on the lucrative baby formula market. But how much of it is actually reaching Aussie mums?
How to choose the fastest line at the supermarket
FOR a start, lines to the left are often shorter, because most right-handed people — or 90 per cent of the Earth’s population — gravitate to the right.
Everyday danger in the supermarket aisles
WE USE them every day but this supermarket essential can cause serious injury or worse. And excitable kids are the most at risk.
‘McRefugees’ are dying in Macca’s
AS OTHER diners enjoyed their Big Macs past midnight early last month, no one noticed the middle-aged woman who appeared to be sleeping at her table.
This is where you can find baby formula
“BOX after box of formula” piled high, just 500m from empty supermarket shelves as the milk powder crisis escalates.
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