Push to ban ciggies from supermarkets
A new push is underway to ban supermarkets from selling cigarettes, in a bid to lower the nation’s smoking rate.
Retail
‘They cry’: Aussie’s brutal revenge on thieves
A Bundaberg shop owner fed up with sticky-fingered customers has come up with his own genius way to exact justice.
Aussie households warned meat prices to rise
Meat prices will go up this winter, but these underrated cuts could still help you deliver comfort meals through the winter.
Thermomix lashed for ‘misleading’ claims
A popular kitchenware brand has come under fire for “misleading” claims about endorsements for two of its products.
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Watchdog takes aim at excessive surcharges
Misleading surcharge practices and other add-on costs have come under the consumer watchdog’s eye in the new financial year.
‘Go to Bunnings’: Retail owner fed-up by man
A young Aussie business owner has been left feeling “annoyed” because a man keeps walking into her store and saying the same thing.
Men charged with $1.2m luxury ram raids
Four men have been charged with ram raiding luxury designer stores in Melbourne and making off with $1.2m worth of items.
Cafe owner hits back on surcharge threat
Aussies will spend millions of dollars in additional costs as the price of visiting cafes, pubs and restaurants, but business owners say they are still falling behind.
What’s open on Easter Monday
Here’s your full guide to what shops are open and shut on today’s public holiday.
Real reason iconic pie empire imploded
For a while, Pie Face seemed like a delicious homegrown business success story, conquering Aussie retail and setting its sights on the world – until it all crumbled.
Aussie icon collapses into administration
Australia’s first mail-order shoe business has given a sad update after over a century surviving two world wars and the invention of the internet.
Major Australian retailer collapses
A 100-year-old company that survived two world wars has been taken down by the cost-of-living in 2025.
Iconic retailer set to close 87 stores
Jeanswest will close down all of its stores in the next six weeks, leaving hundreds out of a job.
Inside Australia’s saddest shopping centre
A sleepy coastal town is set to get the shock of a lifetime, with residents and shop owners fearing chaos.
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