Wesfarmers profit plunges 83pc
Profits from Coles and Bunnings have been swamped by $2bn in impairments linked to coal and the Target chain.
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Wage row could spark big shift
As pay arrangements at Coles come under the spotlight, more than the bottom line of the major retailers is at stake.
Metcash gets a shot at Bunnings
Bunnings would still dwarf a Mitre 10-HTH combo, but a tie-up would help them to take on the hardware behemoth.
Brexit to hit Bunnings: BAML
The possibility of a Brexit-induced recession doesn’t bode well for Bunnings’ UK expansion, says BAML.
Bunnings defends UK gambit
Bunnings chief John Gillam has launched a strident defence of his firm’s purchase of British retailer Homebase.
Retail core to Wesfarmers plan
If Wesfarmers can turn Target around and Bunnings makes it in the UK, its structure will come under even more scrutiny.
Bunnings defiant on UK tilt
Bunnings is refusing to countenance a Plan B if the pilots for its British Homebase venture fail.
Bunnings hires ex-Masters boss
Wesfarmers has recruited the former head of Woolies’ failed Masters chain to aid its UK hardware venture.
Bunnings’ firm UK foundations
Bunnings’ expansion into the UK differs in important respects from Woolworths’ ill-fated Masters mess.
UK’s Bunnings-built revolution
Bunnings’ rationale for its Homebase purchase explains the way it’s remaking the group’s operations.
Goyder: Homebase clear-out vital
Wesfarmers CEO Richard Goyder has defended Bunnings culling executives at British hardware business Homebase.
Sales slip at Bunnings’ UK buy
Wesfarmers has its work cut out for it in resuscitating sales at its newly acquired British hardware chain Homebase.
Women ahead in jobs race
Employment growth brings with it a new gender problem.
Bunnings ice addicts safety memo
The hardware chain has sent a safety memo to staff telling them how to deal with addicts affected by ice.
Retailers slam new Aust Post US service
THE peak retail body representing Australia’s biggest retailers has come out swinging against Australia Post.
Indignation should turn to kidnappers
AUSTRALIAN capital city streets will this week echo to protesters chanting their detestation of Russia’s relentless takeover of Ukraine.
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