Truckers’ safety fears protest
Ten truck drivers have been arrested during a Transport Workers Union-led sit-in at a Coles.
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Being offensive officially risky
Those Who Know Better have swept the US and Europe, and now want to quash irreverence here.
A tale of two strategies
Some retailers are reversing the trend to casuals and lifting the permanent headcount.
Woolies revamps ads in price war
Woolworths will overhaul the way food and grocery suppliers advertise in its stores in its price war with Coles.
Five in running for $100,000 film prize
Which five films are in the running for the CinéfestOZ Film Prize, the biggest prize available for an Australian film?
Coles made to increase casuals pay
Coles will be forced to pay $15m more to casual workers after the industrial relations umpire tore up an enterprise bargain.
Coles hit with $15m wage hike
Coles supermarket will have to pay its 17,000 casual workers as much as $15 million more a year in wages.
Giants feel heat from low-cost invaders
The sell-off in Woolworths could be bad news for its archrival.
Coles plans food charity expansion
COLES is expanding into the farm sector with plans for growers to provide produce to feed disadvantaged people.
Coles fined $10m for supplier misconduct
COLES will pay $11.25m in fines and costs but that payout could more than double after a court agreed to a settlement over its mistreatment of suppliers.
Retailers slam new Aust Post US service
THE peak retail body representing Australia’s biggest retailers has come out swinging against Australia Post.
Parks boffin hits 4WD decision
A SENIOR bureaucrat has retired from Tasmania’s Park and Wildlife Service to speak out against a decision to reopen 4WD tracks.
We’ve learnt our lesson: Every
WESFARMERS chairman Bob Every has attempted to soothe shareholder concerns over allegations of unconscionable conduct.
Independents give duopoly a challenge
THE Colesworth supermarket duopoly may dominate wine retail in this country but independent merchants are fighting back.
Supermarket invaders attack duopoly
For a generation of investors our supermarket “duopoly” — Coles and Woolworths — has delivered handsomely. But for how much longer?
Coles resists ACCC push to merge cases
COLES is resisting a push by the competition regulator to fuse two unconscionable conduct cases into a single court action.
Liquor licence
ARTISAN or artificial? Why shopping for spirit brands is suddenly so baffling.
Coles was ‘entitled’ to payments
COLES was entitled to its profits and acted ethically when category managers sought payments, former Coles boss Ian McLeod said.
Sims hauls up retail chain
THE ACCC has basically taken the step of branding Coles’ dealings with some suppliers as immoral.
Heston’s spruiking just a step too far
HESTON Blumenthal’s Coles products are made with a fair dollop of endorsement, preservatives and fillers.
Top Coles supplier challenges sale
A key supplier of stone fruits to Coles, the Tripodi family, have launched legal action.
Are supermarket giants simply too big?
THE ACCC is out to see if Woolies and Coles have crossed the line.
Don’t get thirsty for Coke yet
MANY would expect Coca-Cola to be able to withstand the competitive threat of the Australian grocery retail sector. Not so.
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