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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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25/11/19 JB HiFI CEO Richard Murray at their new Express Store in Melbourne's Southbank. Aaron Francis/The Australian

JB Hi-Fi ready for $60bn recovery

JB Hi-Fi chief executive Richard Murray says the retailer is prepared for upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday events as well as the Christmas rush.

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Trading DayTrading Day

Businessman checking stock market data. He using a mobile phone. Analysis economy data on forex earn graph.

ASX recovers, snaps losing streak

The ASX rebounded from a three-week low to snap a 4-day losing streak as Afterpay and Coles jumped after strong lifts in sales.

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RetailCompanies

Coles supermarket is opening a new store at Ed.Square in Edmondson Park in Sydney's south west. Employees Anjita Bista Basnet (L) and Sanchita Datta (R) stock the shelves ready for opening. Picture: Toby Zerna

Coles boss warns of jobless struggle

Cooking, cleaning and a huge lift in online put a rocket under first quarter sales, Coles has reported.

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RETAILCompanies

New CEO Anthony Heraghty at the Super Cheap store in Lawton. New CEO Anthony Heraghty and out going CEO Peter Birtles. Super Retail group announcement.Tuesday January 22, 2018. (AAP inage, John Gass)

Super Retail rides wave into new year

Super Retail Group says sales momentum has continued into the 2021 financial year, especially online, as shoppers stock up on leisure and sports gear.

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DrinksCompanies

Heineken cuts Coke’s grass with beer buy

Brewing giant Heineken has bought a range of beer and cider assets from Asahi, thwarting any plans by Coca Cola Amatil to do the same.

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TakeoverCompanies

Employee Sarina Krause checking bottles working on production line of Coca Cola plant in Genshagen, Germany 15 Sep 1999. factory employment

$9.3bn CC Amatil deal ‘a bottler of a buy’

Coca-Cola Europe may have fuelled fears its bid for CC Amatil is opportunistic and could rob local investors of looming rewards.

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CommentaryCompanies

Bottles of Coca-Cola are pictured at a branch of Asda in north London, on April 27, 2018. 42 firms, responsible for 80 percent of plastic packaging sold in Britain, have signed up to a pact that aims to tackle plastic pollution over the next seven years through a series of measures. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

Low-ball CCA takeover bid leaves analysts flat

With some investors wincing at the offer price it seems the general market consensus is the deal is a cheap one.

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NBL Owner and Executive Chairman Larry Kestelman during a press conference in Melbourne, Thursday, March 19, 2020. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Kestelman snaps up Pas Group

The private equity interests of Melbourne entrepreneur Larry Kestelman have bought fashion group behind Review, Black Pepper and Yarra Trail.

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RegulationCompanies

Woolies employs Walker to boost its risk management

Woolworths has created a new role within the retail giant to reflect the increasing importance of risk governance and management across the group.

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Soft drink giantCompanies

COCA-COLA has today launched the new Coca-Cola No Sugar in Australia after years of research to create the best tasting sugar-free Coke ever. Coca-Cola No Sugar has been designed to taste as similar to the original Coca-Cola Classic as possible â€“ and will become a new permanent member of the Coca-Cola family. Available nationally from June 16 2017, the company will give away more than two million free samples to mark the launch. Pictured: Coca-Cola No Sugar drinks in front of the iconic Coca-Cola sign in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia.

‘Uncertainty’ helps Coca-Cola Amatil

Coca-Cola Amatil defends conditionally backing European Coke’s offer, despite some labelling it opportunistic and undervalued.

Eli Greenblat

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