Woolworths back in retail race
Brad Banducci’s mission to make Woolworths great again is taking shape.
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The big problem with Big W
Sidetracked by the Masters debacle, Woolworths allowed Kmart to dominate Big W. It’s now a life or death problem.
Woolies, Coke clash over water
Woolworths has picked another fight with Coca-Cola Amatil, swinging the axe against its Mount Franklin bottled water.
Masters on Home stretch
The Home Investments Consortium of rich-listers is to relaunch its $835m reinvention of Woolworths’ Masters chain.
Environment’s future in the bag?
Shoppers at Woolworths and Coles will be forking out at least 15 cents per plastic bag when buying groceries next year.
Woolies, Coles ditch plastic bags
If you want a plastic bag while shopping at Australia’s dominant supermarket chains, you’ll soon have to fork out 15 cents.
David Jones success story fades
David Jones has posted its first fall in store sales since being bought by South Africa’s Woolworths Holdings in 2014.
Metcash joins British invasion
The nation’s $90bn supermarket wars have a fresh combatant in the form of new Metcash chief executive Jeff Adams.
Is the taxman coming for you?
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Two bitter blows for Coca-Cola
Coke shares sank after it was hit by Woolies’ refusal to sell its “No Sugar” brand and the loss of a Domino’s contract.
Woolworths’ fast turnaround
A surprisingly rapid improvement by Woolworths now has rival Coles under pressure, a new supplier survey suggests.
Senate inquiry into pay deals
Senior execs from Coles, Woolworths under pressure to front inquiry into pay deals with the shop assistants union.
Amazon triggers retail shock
Investors dumped $1 billion of local retail stocks as Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition sent ripples across the sector.
Acquisitive Amazon bites retail
Like their US counterparts, the share prices of local retailers have recoiled at Amazon’s $US13.7bn Whole Foods deal.
Coles pays up for ‘Down Down’
Coles has as much as tripled its investment in lowering grocery prices this year as it slugs it out with rival Woolworths.
It’s a mad mix
More than 60 years of immersion in politics has led me to the sad view that most politicians are nuts.
Will you need winter woolies?
It is the first day of winter and drying systems on both sides of the continent could keep the thermometer buoyed and rain at bay.
Value champions cut their costs
In-house legal departments at Telstra and Woolworths have been honoured for sustained reductions in legal costs.
Aldi scarier than Amazon
Online giant Amazon hogs the headlines but the German supermarket chain Aldi is drawing the Australian customers.
‘Aldi will always win on price’
Aldi boss Tom Daunt is determined to never let supermarket rivals Woolworths and Coles beat the retailer on price.
Farmers raise heat on Fonterra
Two Victorian dairy farmers are asking consumers to boycott products made by Fonterra.
Aussie ads on Taliban Twitter
Twitter has run ads for Optus and Woolworths, among others, on an account purporting to represent the Taliban.
‘Staffing key in retail fight’
Brokerage UBS has flagged labour costs as a key area where Woolworths can gain ground on Coles in profitability.
Woolworths faces $100m lawsuit
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has launched a class action against the supermarket giant over a shock profit downgrade.
Bad news from shopper survey
Aldi may have done its dash, for now, IGA is in trouble and Woolworths is still way behind Coles.
Woolies: more to do on prices
Woolworths says it’s not done with its investment on price as it looks to continue to close the gap on Coles.
Legal eagle has wings clipped
What’s going on in the upper echelons of Brad Banducci’s grocer, Woolworths?
Woolies exec made redundant
After five months in the job, Woolworth’s head of corporate affairs has been made redundant.
Giants hit back at Costco
Coles and Woolworths are closing the price gap on Costco by tackling the bulk retailer at its own game — packaging.
Power spike leaves locals jammed
Dick Smith says high power prices are stopping him from cutting production costs to compete with French rivals.
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