Aldi gains from Coles-Woolworths pain
Second-tier supermarkets such as Aldi are poised to benefit from souring customer sentiment towards Coles and Woolworths, analysts say.
Second-tier supermarkets such as Aldi are poised to benefit from souring customer sentiment towards Coles and Woolworths, analysts say.
The competition watchdog has praised consumers for helping to bring on one of its biggest consumer action court cases.
Australia’s biggest supermarkets are under the pump from the competition watchdog, which says it relies on consumer tips to set priorities and kick off investigations.
The competition regulator is pursuing Coles and Woolworths over misleading discounts, with the ACCC chief saying the issue is as important as the so-called Qantas ghost flights case.
The competition regulator has launched separate legal proceedings against the two retail giants, alleging ‘misleading’ discounts on hundreds of common supermarket products.
The Mining and Energy Union has been hit with fines over ‘scab’ signs and verbal abuse of non-union workers during the heated Oaky North industrial action in 2017.
A Melbourne man linked with the ASIC investigation into Keystone and Paul Chiodo has had his assets frozen.
The rich lister is being sued by a company linked with the late Jonathan Hallinan, and along with builder Obaid Naqebullah is being chased for damages by owners of an apartment block in Melbourne’s blue chip suburb of Brighton.
A fight over the ‘seek’ trademark has been bubbling away for years between the $8bn Australian job search company and an American competitor.
Former Star Entertainment directors being sued over claims they failed to halt money laundering risks and criminal links are on track to be tried by ASIC in February.
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