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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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22/1/18 Mark Freeman is the managing director of Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFCI). The company has a $650 million stake in Commonwealth Bank, making it one of the largest Australian shareholders in the company. The company has today released interim financial results 2018, announcing a profit of $136.7 million. Aaron Francis/The Australian

‘Fear and panic’ welcomed by AFIC

Australian Foundation Investment Co boss Mark Freeman has made three big bets on the current, volatile market. See which stocks the market picker has bought.

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FILE - Pages from the Shein website, left, and from the Temu site, right, are shown in this photo, in New York, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, FIle)

Retailers won’t shed tears as Trump moves to crush Shein, Temu

Donald Trump’s tariffs are stripping trillions from global share markets. Not only are ultra-cheap shipments to the US under $US800 no longer tariff-free, they now incur duties of 90 per cent.

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News-mx 16/04/12 Guzman Y Gomez city store opening. Julie Berdugo and Sebastian Lopez. Pic Mark Calleja

Mexican chain upbeat because ‘people still gotta eat’

The sharemarket has lost trillions of dollars, trade wars are raging and a global recession is feared, but Guzman y Gomez’s boss is placing his faith in people’s appetite.

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(FILES) Elon Musk wears a Cheesehead hat as he speaks during a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on March 30, 2025. Elon Musk, President Donald Trump's billionaire advisor, has overseen a crusade by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash government spending, ordering massive cuts and layoffs that have upended scientific research and foreign aid. But the cost-cutters are spreading misinformation as they home in on their targets. (Photo by Robin LEGRAND / AFP)

When investment wisdom counts: Don’t panic in sharemarket plunge

Nothing unites fund managers like a market storm and the worst sell-off since 2020 has the bulls running to the history books.

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DO NOT USE WITHOUT SPEAKING TO TISER PIC DESK - Chester Osborn at d'Arenberg Cube for SA Weekend. Picture Matt Turner.

Winemakers toast silver linings to US tariff shock

Australian wines shipped to the US will face a 10 per cent tariff, but major competitors in France and Italy will be slugged double that, which could benefit domestic winemakers in the long run.

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A blood and plasma donor makes a donation to the French Blood Establishment (EFS) in Arras, northern France, on June 30, 2022, as blood reserves in France hit

Pharma firms avoid train wreck, so far

Australia’s global healthcare companies and its network of biotechnology companies will likely avoid the worst. Not so surgical gloves maker Ansell.

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RetailMarkets

Chicken stocks turn trade war roadkill as beef prices romp home

Kitchen appliances maker Breville slumped more than 10 per cent, while the beef tariff could trigger a price war that will advantage burger menus and hurt fried chicken operators like KFC.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos - MAY 31 2023: IGA Supermarkets CEO, Grant Ramage is at the IGA supermarket at Eveleigh in Sydney, as they offer their Low Prices Every Day initiative. Picture : NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Metcash boss fires back at PM’s ‘inflammatory’ supermarket sledge

The boss of Metcash has savaged the Albanese government for its latest attack on supermarkets and says the accusation of profit gouging is inflammatory language designed to win votes.

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27/04/22 CEO of Ritchies Supermarkets, Fred Harrison at their store in Carrum Downs. Aaron Francis / The Australian

Supermarket boss sick of price gouging ‘slurs’ after PM’s barb

Fred Harrison has been working in supermarkets for 50 years, and comments from the election trail have left him fuming. Meanwhile, former ACCC chair Allan Fels says profit gouging is hard to prove.

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Mid 20's blond woman washing his car in a parking lot.Shee's wearing jeans and blue square pattern shirt.Shee's kneeling next to the vehicle and cleaning front right door.There's a bucket with soap next to her.

‘Get on board or miss out’, Bunnings warns auto suppliers

Some auto brands are refusing to supply Bunnings for fear of upsetting chains like Supercheap Auto and Autobarn, but the hardware chain’s boss has given them a blunt warning.

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