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Eli GreenblatSenior Business Reporter

Eli Greenblat is a senior business reporter at The Australian and leads coverage for the paper on the retail and beverages industries as well as covering issues related to supermarket regulation and competition, consumer behaviour, shopping, online retail and food and grocery suppliers. He has previously written for The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian Financial Review.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos December 5 2020: Customers queue for sausages at Bunnings in Maribrynong on Saturday morning as the Bunnings sausage sizzle returns across Melbourne today.Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

Amazon clicks with Aussie online buyers

Amazon is back on top as the most visited retail website through November’s Black Friday sales and Christmas trading, nudging Bunnings into second place.

Eli Greenblat

Essential productsRetail

07/09/2018: Baby Bunting CEO Matt Spencer (left) inside the East Bentleigh store with Jaime & Louise Easaw & their kids Isabelle (2.5y) & Maya (2weeks). Stuart McEvoy/ The Australian.

Pandemic no problem for Baby Bunting

Sales of infant products have proven resilient, with Baby Bunting posting a 54.7pc leap in half-year profit, as online sales surged.

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COVID-19Companies

Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott after announcement of half year resultsPHOTO: MARIE NIRME

Corporate leaders call for national approach to quarantine

The boss of Bunnings, Officeworks, Kmart and Target is pushing for a review of the best way to run hotel quarantine sites.

Eli Greenblat and Chris Herde

RetailRetail

Shopping in Ringwood for lockdown. Natalie Hughes does her weekly shop at Coles. Ph 0412361133 Wednesday, July 5, 2020. Picture: David Crosling

Buying limits return in Victoria

Coles has announced buying limits for 26 different product lines in response to Victoria’s snap decision to go back into lockdown.

Eli Greenblat and Rhiannon Down

REPORTINGCompanies

25/03/2009 MOTOR: Carsguide generic car images - black car with bullbar. Pic. Kevin Bull

Car maintenance boom boosts GUD

A boom in car maintenance and repairs through the COVID-19 pandemic has helped GUD Holdings maintain its profit trajectory into January.

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EXCLUSIVERetail

Revealed: More H&M stores to close

Retail giant H&M is set to shutter seven stores including prime sites in Sydney and Brisbane as it seeks to slim down its footprint.

Eli Greenblat

LIVE: coronavirusNation

A female authorised officer was working at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport and tested positive for COVID-19 late on Sunday. Monday FEBRUARY 8, 2021. Picture: David Crosling

Three cases linked to Melbourne hotel

Another virus case has been linked to Melbourne’s Holiday Inn just hours after the infection of a returned traveller was announced.

Rachel Baxendale and Rhiannon Down

EXCLUSIVECompanies

3/08/20 Treasury Wine Estates CEO Tim Ford ahead of the the annual release of the Penfolds vintage. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Treasury Wine executives eye key roles

Treasury Wine Estates is progressing towards a proposal for a three-way split of its global operations and has narrowed the potential leadership field.

Eli Greenblat

RetailRetail

Nick Scali staff Ivanka posing with customers Craig and Pria at Nick Scali furniture at HomeMaker centre at 650 Wickham St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 5th of January 2021. (News Corp/Attila Csaszar)

Nick Scali backflips on JobKeeper

Furniture retailer Nick Scali has caved in to public and political pressure and announced it will pay back millions in government support.

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EXCLUSIVERetail

McDonaldÕs who confidentially will be announcing the launch of the McVeggie Burger to at all McDonaldÕs restaurants nationwide tomorrow Wednesday 15 January. This new burger will be a permanent addition to the menu, making it the first time a vegetable-based burger has been available at all McDonaldÕs restaurants in Australia. Taste testers Natalie Lazarevski and friend Theo Zafiropoulos try the new veggie burger. Picture: David Caird

Australia delivers for Maccas

McDonald’s Australian business has powered through the pandemic, home-delivering record profits that have turned in into a global leader for the fast food giant.

Eli Greenblat

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