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US online giant is challenging business goods suppliers

US online giant is challenging business goods suppliers

Orders on Amazon Business Australia rose 155 per cent in the second half of its launch year, and tens of thousands of businesses have registered.

Cost-of-living crunch hits spending on baby goods

Cost-of-living crunch hits spending on baby goods

Cost-of-living crunch hits spending on baby goods

Cost-of-living crunch hits spending on baby goods

Rising interest rates and petrol prices led to parents buying fewer prams and car seats at Baby Bunting, pushing down its full-year earnings guidance.

Supplier sees signs illegal tobacco crackdown hits mark

Supplier sees signs illegal tobacco crackdown hits mark

Supplier sees signs illegal tobacco crackdown hits mark

Supplier sees signs illegal tobacco crackdown hits mark

Metcash is shrugging off a fairly lacklustre trading year triggered by geopolitical uncertainty and cost-of-living pressures by reporting signs of a pick-up.

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Shoe chain tells UK share predator offer is 'rejected'

Shoe chain tells UK share predator offer is 'rejected'

The owner of some of Australia's best-known footwear store chains has rejected a zero-premium takeover offer from a British retailer.

Buy now, pay later rules reveal hidden financial stress

Buy now, pay later rules reveal hidden financial stress

Australia's buy now, pay later segment is maturing in its first year governed by consumer credit laws after roughly a decade in a regulatory wilderness.

UK retail giant makes hostile bid for Hype DC owner

UK retail giant makes hostile bid for Hype DC owner

The British company that owns Sports Direct is offering to buy Accent Group for $390 million, saying it has concerns about its management and chairman.

Popular goods retailer eyes regions for store expansion

Popular goods retailer eyes regions for store expansion

Super Retail Group, which owns Supercheap Auto, Macpac, BCF and Rebel, is expanding its store footprint to 900 within five years under a new growth plan.

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Back to the future: Kmart returning checkouts to exits

Back to the future: Kmart returning checkouts to exits

Back to the future: Kmart returning checkouts to exits

Back to the future: Kmart returning checkouts to exits

Kmart Group is refurbishing two dozen more stores to a new format, and opening a new concept store for home goods near an Australian capital city.

Aussie retailers under pressure from e-commerce giants

Aussie retailers under pressure from e-commerce giants

Aussie retailers under pressure from e-commerce giants

Aussie retailers under pressure from e-commerce giants

Australians are continuing to turn to global e-commerce providers as rising costs weigh on household budgets, heaping more pressure on local retailers.

Big lottery operator plans to step up the fun factor

Big lottery operator plans to step up the fun factor

Big lottery operator plans to step up the fun factor

Big lottery operator plans to step up the fun factor

The company that runs Powerball believes its digital operations have done a poor job of capturing the fun and joy of playing the lottery.

Unsafe toys reaching kids hands through online giants

Unsafe toys reaching kids hands through online giants

Unsafe toys reaching kids hands through online giants

Unsafe toys reaching kids hands through online giants

Online retailers like Amazon and Temu are continuing to stock potentially unsafe products targeted at children and infants, consumer advocates claim.

Retailers under attack from weak demand, rising costs

Retailers under attack from weak demand, rising costs

Retailers under attack from weak demand, rising costs

Retailers under attack from weak demand, rising costs

Australia's retail sector faces a pincer attack as the war in the Middle East increases costs and pushes consumers to the brink.

'I'm so scared': jewel fraudster jailed for sham heist

'I'm so scared': jewel fraudster jailed for sham heist

'I'm so scared': jewel fraudster jailed for sham heist

'I'm so scared': jewel fraudster jailed for sham heist

The owner of a jewellery store and a man he hired for a fake robbery in a $2.5 million attempted insurance fraud could both walk free from jail in months.

'Inept' jewellery fraudster was desperate due to COVID

'Inept' jewellery fraudster was desperate due to COVID

'Inept' jewellery fraudster was desperate due to COVID

'Inept' jewellery fraudster was desperate due to COVID

A man who pled guilty to insurance fraud after faking a robbery of his own jewellery store needed the money due to factors outside his control, his lawyer said.

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Liquor firm cuts back on wine to focus on pubs growth

Endeavour Group, which owns Dan Murphy's, BWS, and hundreds of pubs, plans to take $300 million in costs out of the business to support its future growth.

'Underpaid, overworked' managers sue Rebel Sports

Rebel Sport has been hit by a class action by frustrated managers claiming they were made to work for free and were not paid the necessary penalty rates.

'Nightmare scenario': illegal tobacco impact laid bare

Legitimate tobacco retailers say tax hikes have led to illicit sales decimating their income, with the legal market destined to be wiped out.

Shoppers could pay more after Coles misconduct ruling

Supermarket prices could stay higher for longer following a ruling that Coles misled its customers with non-genuine discounts, according to one retail expert.

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Watchdog seeks big penalty after Coles goes 'Down Down'

The consumer watchdog will be seeking a "significant penalty" to act as a deterrent to Coles and others, after a court found the supermarket misled shoppers.

Shoe chain cops double blow with inside trading probe

An ASX-listed footwear chain has disclosed that its chief is under investigation for potential insider trading and that it will make millions less in earnings.

Excise cut could fuel violence, illicit cigs tsar says

Black market tobacco outweighs legal sales in Australia, but lowering the excise alone would not drive smokers off dodgy darts, Australian Border Force says.

Booze giant eyes job cuts, as consumers curb thirst

The owner of Dan Murphy's and BWS bottle shops has hinted at job cuts - or "labour efficiencies" - as it tries to buffer its business from the Middle East war.

Supermarket giants brace for ruling on 'fake' discounts

The consumer watchdog's landmark case against Coles and Woolworths over alleged "illusory" discounts is nearing a decision after 18 sessions over two hearings.

Big bunnies and grog sales take a wartime shopping hit

Coles shoppers adjusted their spending patterns after the Middle East war began, spending less on liquor and even buying smaller Easter chocolate bunnies.

Woolies cites post-COVID instability in prices stoush

Australia's biggest supermarket chain has defended its discounts, as the consumer watchdog's joint court case against Woolies and Coles nears the finish line.

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