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Booming hobby a treasure trove for collectable devotees

Booming hobby a treasure trove for collectable devotees

Passion for trading cards, coins and other choice collectables has built fortunes big and small for millions of Australians, a new report suggests.

Another retailer goes out of fashion, 600 jobs at risk

Another retailer goes out of fashion, 600 jobs at risk

Another retailer goes out of fashion, 600 jobs at risk

Another retailer goes out of fashion, 600 jobs at risk

Retail chain Jeanswest has collapsed after more than five decades in business, threatening hundreds of jobs with more than 90 stores likely to close.

Coles, Woolies guilty of increasing margins: watchdog

Coles, Woolies guilty of increasing margins: watchdog

Coles, Woolies guilty of increasing margins: watchdog

Coles, Woolies guilty of increasing margins: watchdog

Treasurer Jim Chalmers promised a crackdown on major supermarkets following a consumer watchdog report, but warned breaking them up would be counterproductive.

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Top clothing chains to close, shedding hundreds of jobs

Top clothing chains to close, shedding hundreds of jobs

More than 250 outlets of two leading retail chains will close, costing nearly 1000 jobs, after receivers failed to find a buyer for the stores.

Aussies' mammoth Xmas shopping despite economic crunch

Aussies' mammoth Xmas shopping despite economic crunch

A new record was set for Australia Post's busiest peak period during the latest festive season with 2800 parcels delivered to households every minute.

Distracted shoppers easy patsies for attentive scammers

Distracted shoppers easy patsies for attentive scammers

Australians are being urged to think before they click, with scammers targeting distracted online shoppers during the busy festive sales period.

Shoppers to splash the cash in $1.3b Boxing Day spree

Shoppers to splash the cash in $1.3b Boxing Day spree

Cost of living pressures are not high enough for Australians to miss out on bumper billion-dollar Boxing Day sales after a season of early shopping tactics.

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Tide turns for retailers with shop tills tipped to ring

Tide turns for retailers with shop tills tipped to ring

Tide turns for retailers with shop tills tipped to ring

Tide turns for retailers with shop tills tipped to ring

Australians have been saving what they can as living costs soar but experts expect more spending in the next 12 months, especially when interest rates are cut.

Shelves bare but union puts stock in talks with Woolies

Shelves bare but union puts stock in talks with Woolies

Shelves bare but union puts stock in talks with Woolies

Shelves bare but union puts stock in talks with Woolies

Supermarket shelves will continue to remain bare as hundreds of workers picketing a major Woolworths warehouse fight for better pay and conditions.

'Not robots': Woolies says no shortages as staff strike

'Not robots': Woolies says no shortages as staff strike

'Not robots': Woolies says no shortages as staff strike

'Not robots': Woolies says no shortages as staff strike

Some 1500 Woolworths warehouse workers are on strike, but the supermarket giant insists their absence is not leading to empty shelves for customers.

'Better deal' for suppliers as supermarkets face fines

'Better deal' for suppliers as supermarkets face fines

'Better deal' for suppliers as supermarkets face fines

'Better deal' for suppliers as supermarkets face fines

Supermarkets face fines of up to $10 million if caught breaching a grocery code of conduct that will become mandatory.

Wrapped up: supermarkets charge more for unpackaged veg

Wrapped up: supermarkets charge more for unpackaged veg

Wrapped up: supermarkets charge more for unpackaged veg

Wrapped up: supermarkets charge more for unpackaged veg

Supermarkets are fuelling Australia's plastic pollution by charging more for loose fruit and vegetables than those that are plastic-wrapped, a review as found.

Cash flows but small business fears paying the price

Cash flows but small business fears paying the price

Cash flows but small business fears paying the price

Cash flows but small business fears paying the price

Small businesses want an exemption to laws protecting the use of cash for essential items as the treasurer finds a fit for banknotes in a digital economy.

Fish furore: Woolies refuses to phase out farmed salmon

Fish furore: Woolies refuses to phase out farmed salmon

Fish furore: Woolies refuses to phase out farmed salmon

Fish furore: Woolies refuses to phase out farmed salmon

Woolworths shareholders have questioned the company's board over its pricing practices and use of farmed salmon which threatens the existence of a rare fish.

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Woolworths profits down as cost of living hits shoppers

Profits at Australia's biggest supermarket giant have taken a hit as cash-strapped shoppers search the aisles for cheaper options and Woolworths shares slump.

Supermarkets tight-lipped on Tim Tam price discrepancy

Australia's major supermarkets say their suppliers are being hit by inflation which is trickling through to prices at the checkout.

Expert rejects supermarket land banking concerns

A retail expert says it's "not unreasonable" for supermarkets to spend years developing sites for stores, as the government moves to crack down on land banking.

Free land offer to lure new supermarkets to open in NT

Free land and major project status are being promised to a new supermarket chain by the NT government to help increase competition and drive down prices.

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Call for ad ban on easy credit for groceries, medicines

A popular form of credit to encourage online shopping has morphed into a crutch for trying to stay a step ahead of financial disaster, an inquiry has been told.

Teen fight in food court triggers Westfield lockdown

A major Adelaide shopping centre has been locked down after an altercation between two groups of teenage boys in a food court.

Mental health funding focus of Bondi attack inquiry

As a major coronial inquiry gets underway into the Bondi stabbings, a wounded security guard has taken heart from Australia's support.

Woolies dubbed a 'model accused' over $1m pay bungle

Supermarket giant Woolworths is facing up to $10 billion in fines after it admitted in court to underpaying about 1200 workers more than $1 million in leave.

Piggy politicians squeal for end to greedy grocers

Strutting through parliament as swindling swines, independent MPs Bob Katter and Andrew Wilkie have called on the government to break up the major supermarkets.

Shoppers in retreat after Black Friday boost

Australian retail sales plummeted in the final weeks of 2023 with shoppers doing their Christmas shopping a month early when goods go on sale.

Farmers, shoppers bear brunt of supermarket pricing

Farmers have called for a consumer watchdog inquiry, rather than a review, into the supermarket sector after accusing it of failing producers and consumers.

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