Eli Greenblat

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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20-02-20 - Coca-Cola Amatil ceo Alison Watkins at their HQ in North Sydney for the full year results. Picture Ryan Osland

Coca-Cola boss warns of wages ‘cliff’

Coca-Cola Amatil’s chief has warned that the economy could fall off a cliff in September if JobKeeper is pulled prematurely.

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BeveragesCompanies

St. Gallen, Switzerland - April 19, 2011: 15 cans of CocaCola stapled on top of each other with a black background. Coca Cola is one of the most well known drinks all over the world.

Shutdowns smash Coca-Cola sales

Coca-Cola Amatil is seeing modest improvements after COVID-19 restrictions cut sharply into sales volumes in April and May.

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retailCompanies

A general view of a Target store in Adelaide, Friday, May 22, 2020. Up to 167 Target and Target Country stores will be shut or converted to Kmart sites. (AAP Image/David Mariuz) NO ARCHIVING

Analysts back Target’s store cull

Target’s closing of almost half its stores and converting many to the Kmart brand has been welcomed by analysts.

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RetailCompanies

CITY CHIC: Sales assistant Cassie Dallarizza inside the new store.

City Chic shrugs off shutdown

Fashion chain City Chic says a 57pc jump in online sales meant it traded profitably during COVID-19 closures.

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EXCLUSIVEBusiness

This handout image obtained September 19, 2019 courtesy of Wing Aviation LLC, shows a first-of-its-kind drone delivery service. - The drone unit spun out of a "moonshot" lab at Google parent Alphabet will start making "last-mile" deliveries for FedEx and Walgreens next month under a pilot project announced Thursday. The drone delivery service to launch in October in Christiansburg, Virginia, will be the most advanced real-world test of the technology to quickly fly items ranging from Gummy Bears to painkillers to customers, Wing chief executive James Burgess said September 19, 2019. (Photo by HO / Wing Aviation LLC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / WING AVIATION LLC/HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Google’s drone deliveries soar

Google’s drone delivery trial has witnessed a stunning 500pc increase in delivery volumes since February.

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tradeCompanies

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

Wesfarmers warns on supply chains

Wesfarmers chief Rob Scott says companies are exposed to global disruptions and should diversify their supply chains.

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RetailBusiness

Target spiral: ‘Don’t go near them’

As Target stores close or convert to Kmart outlets, there’s no end in sight to the massive losses.

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retailCompanies

US trial helps Kmart get smarter

A small US store trial has helped Kmart solve a big issue for smaller stores: how to move around items efficiently.

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RetailCompanies

Target in Adelaide, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Picture: MATT LOXTON

Jobs go as struggling Target shrinks

Wesfarmers defends axing up to 1300 jobs as it closes or rebrands around half of Target’s 284 stores, saying it must remain viable.

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EconomicsEconomics

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 29: Empty escalators and shopping floors at a shopping mall on March 29, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. All international arrivals into Australia from midnight on Saturday will be placed into mandatory quarantine in hotels for 14 days as the Federal Government increases restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19. All libraries, museums, galleries, beauty salons, tattoo parlours, shopping centre food courts, auctions, open houses, amusement parks, arcades, indoor and outdoor play centres, swimming pools are closed and indoor exercise activities are now banned. This is in addition to the closure of bars, pubs and nightclubs which came into effect on Monday. Restaurants and cafes are restricted to providing takeaway only. Weddings will now be restricted to five people including the couple while funerals are limited to 10 mourners. All Australians are now expected to stay at home except for essential outings such as work, grocery shopping and medical appointments. Exercising outdoors alone is still permitted. Australia now has more than 3,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 while the death toll now stands at 16. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Lockdown a wipeout for old retail

With retail sales falling by record levels, up to 20 per cent of the nation’s shops will shut as shoppers shift online, UBS predicts.

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