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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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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER, 25, 2020: General view of a Harvey Norman store in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Prospect of special dividend buoys Harvey Norman

Harvey Norman ‘could consider’ a special dividend or share buyback.

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LogisticsCompanies

Asciano's Patrick container terminal at Fremantle Port, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. Logistics group Qube Holdings has acquired a 19.99 per cent blocking stake in port and rail operator Asciano, putting Brookfield Infrastructure's $12 billion takeover of Asciano in further doubt. (AAP image/Kim Christian) NO ARCHIVING

Qube cops first strike on pay

Qube Holdings has copped a first strike against its remuneration report.

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RetailCompanies

The bedding and furniture section at Harvey Norman Cairns is expanding to about twice the size it was along with expantions to other ereas of the business. Harvey Norman Cairns electrical proprietor Bruce Foster, bedding proprietor Tammy Garratt and computers and communications proprietor Andrew Garbett in the new look store. Picture: Stewart McLean

Harvey Norman’s pandemic bonanza

Working from home and lockdown spending help retailer Harvey Norman more than double pre-tax profit over four months.

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RetailRetail

PENICHE, PORTUGAL - OCTOBER 26: Seven-time WSL Champion Stephanie Gilmore of Australia is eliminated from the 2019 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal with an equal 5th finish after placing second in Quarter Final Heat 1 at Supertubos on October 26, 2019 in Peniche, Portugal. (Photo by Laurent Masurel/WSL via Getty Images)

Rip Curl proving key for Kathmandu

Kathmandu’s Rip Curl acquisition is proving to be a saving grace as COVID continues to crunch its outdoor gear sales.

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fast foodCompanies

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: A Pizza Hut shop in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn is seen on November 10, 2020 in New York City. On Tuesday, Pizza Hut in partnership with Beyond Meat became the first pizza franchise to offer plant-based meat pizzas across the United States. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

We’ll be supreme again: Pizza Hut boss

Fast-food corporate veteran Phil Reed believes he can resurrect Pizza Hut and knock Domino’s off its perch.

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EXCLUSIVECompanies

18/08/20 Alister Purbrick is the CEO of Tahbilk Wines, pictured in the cellar of their winery near Nagambie. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Tahbilk Wines boss backs ScoMo China trade stance

Australia’s sovereignty ‘worth much more than a few shipments of our finest red wine’, says Tahbilk Wines boss.

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Trading DayTrading Day

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER, 19, 2020: Digital market boards at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

ASX closes lower as US futures fall

Australia’s sharemarket slipped Friday as US futures turned down after the Trump administration moved to end several emergency pandemic lending programs at the FED.

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LeadershipRetail

DEAL-20160415 EMBARGO FOR the DEAL 15 April 2016Ruslan Kogan pic : Hollie Adams

Kogan cops first strike vote

Kogan founder Ruslan Kogan and CFO David Shafer have been awarded options packages worth around $80m combined, but not before shareholders vented their fury.

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AGRICULTURECompanies

Wheat is harvested with a John Deere & Co. combine harvester in Kirkland, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, July 15, 2019. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

Machinery suppliers reap a rich harvest

New tractors, harvesters and sprayers are working their way across the nation’s farmlands.

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RETAILRetail

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - NOVEMBER 11 2020: A view of David Jones Store window seen in Barangaroo in Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Online boom boosts David Jones

David Jones is witnessing early signs of a recovery outside of Victoria, with sales growth in other states and a booming online business.

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