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Eli GreenblatSenior Business Reporter

Eli Greenblat has written for The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Financial Review covering a range of sectors across the economy and stockmarket. He has covered corporate rounds such as telecommunications, health, biotechnology, financial services, and property. He is currently The Australian’s senior business reporter writing on retail and beverages.

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MarketsFinancial Services

14/11/2024. ASX, Bridge St. Business pages stock pictures Sydney CBD. Britta Campion / The Australian

ASX opens after weekend technology crisis meetings

The accident-prone market operator ASX spent the weekend scrambling to fix a glitch in its settlements system and talking to angry market participants.

Eli Greenblat and Joyce Moullakis

CourtsRetail

Super Retail CEO Anthony Heraghty and whistleblower Rebecca Farrell

Whistleblower win awarded to Super Retail

Super Retail has won the first major court battle against its two former most senior female executives turned whistleblowers, but the war is still to come.

Eli Greenblat

RetailRetail

Christmas decorations display at a Bunnings Store, October 2020, Australia. Picture: Bunnings

Bunnings ramps up same-day delivery service

Hardware giant Bunnings is using Uber Direct to introduce same-day parcel delivery from selected regional stores across Australia just in time for Christmas and the holiday season.

Eli Greenblat

BeveragesCompanies

Billson’s Beverages, a ready-to-drink vodka maker and craft brewer, from Victoria has collapsed. Picture: Facebook

Coke is it for Billson’s drinks

The Coca-Cola Company has bought the alcoholic ready-to-drink range from failed Victorian beverages producer Billson’s.

Eli Greenblat

RetailRetail

new BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - DECEMBER 20, 2024: Darryl Dixon as Brisbane shops , parties, and dresses in all things Yule in the CBD.Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Festive fever: Shoppers embark on $70bn spending spree

Despite many economic reasons not to loosen the purse strings, Australian shoppers are forecast to spend $70bn in the run-up to Christmas.

Eli Greenblat

ExclusiveRetail

Woolworths signage outside a store in Sydney, Friday, February 23, 2018. Retailer Woolworths has outperformed Coles in sales and earnings growth three years after it started spending $1 billion in slashing food prices and improving service. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Woolies prioritises Christmas food after strike disruption

The three-week strike at Woolworths warehouses saw shelves go empty, now the retailer will focus on key Christmas food lines like cooking ingredients and snacks as it restocks shelves.

Eli Greenblat

RetailRetail

29/10/2024 Myer executive chair Olivia Wirth in their Bourke Street store. Aaron Francis / The Australian

Lew a step closer to Myer dream

Myer’s billion-dollar deal to buy apparel brands from Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments has been deemed ‘fair and reasonable’ by an independent expert.

Eli Greenblat

ExclusiveRetail

Leaked documents reveal rocky start to Solomon Lew’s British adventure

Premier Investments’ Peter Alexander sleepwear brand is trading 61.6 per cent below budget in the UK, and Solomon Lew’s other fashion brands in Australia are facing sliding sales growth and a wages blowout.

Eli Greenblat

RetailRetail

MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 29, 2024: Portrait of Solomon LewPicture: NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

No let-up in challenges for retailers: Lew

Solomon Lew did not give a full trading update at Premier Investments’ AGM on Friday but did say that cost-of-living pressures remain a global issue as shoppers look for bargains.

Eli Greenblat

CourtsLegal Affairs

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos -Wednesday, 14 August 2024: Rebecca Farrell (L) and and whistleblower Amelia Berczelly (R) pictured walking to Federal Court in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Monique Harmer

Court to consider verdict in Super Retail whistleblower case

The Super Retail court case has ended on a day in which senior counsel for the whistleblowers sensationally stepped down in the morning and lawyers argued over whether a deal was struck.

Eli Greenblat

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