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.
The Coca-Cola Company has bought the alcoholic ready-to-drink range from failed Victorian beverages producer Billson’s.
Despite many economic reasons not to loosen the purse strings, Australian shoppers are forecast to spend $70bn in the run-up to Christmas.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Its first brand ambassador was Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France, and a new sponsorship deal with the Australian Open tennis will lift champagne brand Piper-Heidsieck’s visibility.
The Federal Court hearing involving two sacked former senior executives of Super Retail Group has heard allegations a statement put out by their lawyers defamed the retailer.
The judge hearing the ACCC’s case against Woolworths and Coles over alleged fake discounts says it’s ‘absurd’ to argue over all 250 grocery products identified as ‘fake’ by the regulator as the case snakes its way through the Federal Court.
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