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.
WOOLWORTHS is pinning its hopes on one new strategy as it fights to win back more money from your weekly shop.
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 wholesaler Metcash has suffered a massive hit to its grocery earnings as the price war with the supermarkets takes its toll.
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.
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.
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?
AUSTRALIAN shoppers will spend nearly $47 billion this Christmas, and retailers are prepared to do practically anything to get their share.
THE world’s biggest online shopping frenzy is upon us, with amazing deals on the cards. Here are some helpful tips.
TO SAY Woolies shareholders were angry would be an understatement. What were they unhappy with? Take your pick.
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.
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.
A TROLLEY collector who was sacked for redeeming $2.80 worth of empty cans discarded by customers has had the last laugh.
HAVE you called your mum lately? This woman went missing nearly five years ago. She was found sleeping in a McDonald’s.
THINGS are looking grim for our marquee department stores Myer and David Jones. Here’s why they will need a dramatic change to survive.
THE man who founded former bargain powerhouse Clint’s Crazy Bargains has warned the days of the humble $2 shop are over.
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.
GLOBAL fashion giant Zara is no stranger to controversy, with a security guard’s treatment of a Muslim woman prompting a huge backlash.
SICK of seeing your favourite products disappear from supermarket shelves, only to be replaced with home brands? Get used to it.
YOU can’t buy the kind of publicity that comes from an impassioned mummy blogger … well actually, you can if your name is Aldi.
DAVID Jones has been slammed for an annual Christmas display so dull it it’s been called a ‘tragic mistake’.
PARENTS can stop worrying that their children will help themselves to produce at Woolies, with the supermarket opting to give it away for free.
OPTUS has come under fire on social media after featuring an advertisement written in Arabic at a shopping centre in Sydney.
WHEN thousands of flat-pack furniture devotees bowled up to Australia’s newest Ikea store, they got slightly more than they bargained for.
ANGRY pet owners have called on Coles and Woolworths to stop selling a toxic flea spray after a cat suffered a severe reaction.
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?
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?
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.
WE USE them every day but this supermarket essential can cause serious injury or worse. And excitable kids are the most at risk.
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.
“BOX after box of formula” piled high, just 500m from empty supermarket shelves as the milk powder crisis escalates.
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