Banducci starts kicking goals
Banducci has to keep building on today’s tentative signs of recovery if Woolworths wants to regain its blue-chip status.
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Wesfarmers rattles the markets
Wesfarmers shares sank nearly 6pc yesterday as flagship Coles posted its worst growth in grocery sales since 2009.
Taste for takeaway hurts Coles
Takeaway food is enjoying boom times, as supermarket meal and grocery offerings struggle to compete.
Woolies back in the game?
Coles has outperformed Woolworths for a record straight seven years but that run looks like coming to an end.
Competition catches up to Coles
Increased competition, a tough Target turnaround and Masters’ fire sale have all weighed on Wesfarmers’ figures.
Woolies sales tipped to turn up
Analysts expect Woolworths sales will have rounded a corner, at the expense of rival Coles.
Masters dents Super Retail sales
The Supercheap Auto chain has become one of the first hit by Masters’ $500 million fire sale.
Hotel group pulls plug on fest
Woolworths-owned hotel group ALH has withdrawn its sponsorship of Adelaide gay and lesbian Feast Festival.
Caltex in bid for Woolies’ fuel
Caltex has confirmed its interest in Woolworths’ portfolio of petrol stations as a sales process proceeds.
Woolies hung out to dry
Woolworths will pay out millions of dollars in licensing fees as it extinguishes a deal with manufacturer Hills.
Fund managers fight for life
Abysmal performance from active managers leaves the door open for index-style funds.
Dick Smith rebates inherited
Receivers Ferrier Hodgson claim Dick Smith Electronics’ reliance on rebates skewed buying practices.
Woolworths finalises HTH sale
Metcash expects “significant efficiencies” after taking control of the franchise.
Caltex ready to fill up Woolies
While Caltex is tipped as the front runner to buy Woolies’ $1.5bn portfolio of petrol stations, it had other suitors.
Woolies in talks on petrol sale
Woolworths says it’s made no decision yet on several offers for its $1.5bn portfolio of petrol stations.
Caltex nears Woolworths deal
The pressing question is what the competition watchdog would say about a transaction between two market heavyweights.
Woolies wins stay in Masters case
A court has sent Woolworths and Lowe’s back to the negotiating table, putting a stay on a winding up application.
Country Road churn continues
Matt Keogh has resigned as CEO of Country Road, as Scott Fyfe steps up to become the retailer’s third boss since 2014.
Woolies put Lowe’s under pump
For Woolworths, the Masters D-Day was Wednesday, August 24 — no matter what its US partner Lowe’s did.
A haircut for execs
Corporate Australia is taking a tougher line on executive pay as boards are getting more attuned to investors.
Masters partners share mistrust
Masters partners Woolworths and Lowe’s have been at loggerheads since last year over the chain’s solvency.
Woolies’ ‘plan B’ on Masters exit
US group Lowe’s has told a court that Woolworths cooked up a “straw man” plan B to get out of its Masters venture.
Lowe’s wants Woolies in open
The fight between Woolworths and its estranged partner in Masters, US giant Lowe’s, is set to roll into a second week.
Woolies ‘hid exit game plan’
Lowe’s says it was kept in the dark in the dying days of Woolworths’ plan to sell Masters’ assets.
Woolies has ‘turned the corner’
Woolworths’ stock is set to shoot as high as $40 a share as its recovery gains traction, says BAML’s David Errington.
Woolies silent on CEO payout
Ex-CEO Grant O’Brien is believed to have left Woolies with about $11m, but the firm says the sum is private.
Woolworths ‘stuck in the middle’
Dark days are far from over for Woolworths investors.
Executives miss $3m in bonuses
Woolworths’ top executives, including CEO Brad Banducci, have missed out on $3 million in cash bonuses.
Woolies’ exec pay jumps in 2016
Despite the supermarket giant’s underperformance in the last year, salaries to key personnel ticked up.
Woolies ordered to show docs
Lowe’s has succeeded in its court bid to see documents on Woolworths’ vote to exit Masters.
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