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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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General Brisbane City Streetscape images - Woolworths Metro store in the Brisbane CBD, Brisbane Monday 10th May 2021 Picture David Clark

Woolworths shakes up leadership team

New CEO Amanda Bardwell has put her stamp on Woolworths, creating a retail division to oversee its supermarkets, convenience stores, meat supply and private label groceries.

Eli Greenblat

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Renders of the new Chadstone shopping centre fresh food precinct. Picture: Supplied

Not just about fashion: Chadstone beefs up foodie credentials

The nation’s largest shopping centre is preparing to open its new fresh food mecca, The Market Pavilion, featuring gourmet retail brands and a world-first food concierge service.

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 20: In an aerial view, container ships and shipping containers are seen at the Port of Los Angeles on September 20, 2021 near Los Angeles, California. Amid nationwide record-high demand for imported goods and supply chain issues, the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are currently seeing unprecedented congestion. On September 17, there were a record total of 147 ships, 95 of which were container ships, in the twin ports, which move about 40 percent of all cargo containers entering the U.S. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Aussie dollar could slide even further in market turmoil

The dollar could test lows not seen since market turmoil in early 2020 in the coming weeks, after US tariffs heighten the risk of a global trade war.

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Artist impression of Chevron One tower. Picture: Bensons Property Group

Failed developer Bensons ‘possibly insolvent in 2023’

Famous for its glistening Gold Coast towers, the failed Bensons Property Group might have been insolvent as far back as 2023, a new report says.

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RetailCompanies

Queensland Election 2015. Gladstone. Voters. Lovisa store at Stockland Gladstone Shopping Centre. Chantel Earl, Krystal Ham, Chene Moncur, Kate Hueschele and Natalie Mammone. Pic Mark Calleja

Lawsuit levels claims of staff exploitation against Lovisa

Costume jewellery chain Lovisa’s mostly young female staff were exploited, not given proper meal and rest breaks, and even forced to pay for and wear its products each shift, a lawsuit alleges.

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RetailRetail

10/10/2024. Country Road flagship stores is Sydney's CBD. Britta Campion / The Australian

Country Road, Mimco owner suffers pre-Christmas sales slump

The company behind a stable of fashion brands like Country Road, Mimco and Witchery has suffered a sales slump leading up to Christmas to add its name to a growing list of struggling retailers.

Eli Greenblat

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Australian Food and Grocery CEO Tanya Barden . Photo by Kaymar Kreations

Supermarket suppliers’ council chief shown the door

Mystery surrounds the immediate exit of Tanya Barden as chief of the Australian Food and Grocery Council, leaving the peak body representing supermarket suppliers without a leader.

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A Lowest Prices are Just the Beginning... sign is seen at a Bunnings hardware store at Chatswood, in Sydney, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Bunnings builds up in-store media arm

The hardware giant is investing in more advertising in its stores, with in-store advertising believed to generate as much as $1.6bn in revenue for retailers.

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Rivers store in the Myer Centre , Queen Street Brisbane.

Rivers runs dry following Mosaic Brands collapse

Rivers is the latest once-famous retail brand to be killed off following the collapse of its owner Mosaic Brands, with all 136 Rivers stores set to close with the loss of around 650 jobs.

Eli Greenblat

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29/10/2024 Myer executive chair Olivia Wirth in their Bourke Street store. Aaron Francis / The Australian

It’s ‘day zero’ for historic apparel deal, declares Myer boss

Myer boss Olivia Wirth has won overwhelming shareholder approval for the acquisition of Solomon Lew’s apparel brands and now has the huge task of integrating them from ‘day zero’.

Eli Greenblat

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