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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos JUNE 24 2024: A general view of a supermarket in Sydney as Supermarkets face billion dollar fine threat while Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and IGA face steep penalties, other retail heavyweights, including Bunnings and Chemist Warehouse, will not be covered by the code. Newswire / Gaye Gerard

PoliticsPremiumGovernment begins crackdown on shrinkflation

A government crackdown on shrinkflation could see supermarkets forced to tell shoppers when products shrink but prices don’t.

Emma Kirk

Found my skin confirmed it suspended the sale of its Tinted Mineral SPF 50+ with Kakadu Plum and Mineral SPF 50+ products while they waited for more testing results. Supplied

NewsPremiumUrgent warning over popular sunscreens

Outdoor Beauty and Skincare, Found My Skin and Endota have suspended the sale of sunscreens over SPF concerns.

Emma Kirk

Qantas Group chief executive Vanessa Hudson presents the airlines half year result.

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Who were the bouquets and brickbats of earnings season?

As the curtain comes down on the 2025 earnings season, analysts are bewildered at the extreme reaction of investors to profit hits and misses.

Sean Smith

Harvey Norman, which sells homewares, electronics and white goods, has 195 franchisee-run stores in Australia and 121 company-operated stores in seven overseas countries.

RetailCommentsGerry Harvey says AI revolution lifting Harvey Norman sales

Harvey Norman chair Gerry Harvey says shoppers are increasingly looking to upgrade to artificial intelligence-led devices, helping to deliver better-than-expected sales in the 2025 financial year.

Cheyanne Enciso

Harvey Norman chair Gerry Harvey.

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Red tape ‘getting worse and worse’, Gerry Harvey warns

Veteran retailer Gerry Harvey has gone on an extraordinary spray about the nation’s excessive red tape that he says is choking the economy and seemingly getting ‘worse and worse’.

Cheyanne Enciso

The inside of Christian Dior’s Perth store.

RetailCommentsPICTURED: Inside WA’s first Christian Dior store

French luxury fashion house Christian Dior is opening it’s first store in the Perth CBD with a 850sqm two-floor showroom featuring some of its most sought after luxury products. SEE THE PICS

Megan French

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BUSINESSPremiumInsane amount of Australia Post deliveries

Australia Post delivered a staggering amount of parcels over the Christmas period, leading to a small profit for the business.

Cameron Micallef

A customer scans an item at a self checkout kiosk at a Kmart store.

RetailCommentsPremiumWesfarmers’ dividend splurge as it reveals new chair

The 14 per cent rise in annual profit to $2.9 billion came with news former BHP chair Ken MacKenzie will replace Michael Chaney at the helm next year.

Sean Smith

Rob Scott said gangs were targeting high-value items, such as tech products from Officeworks or power tools from Bunnings, and then selling them on the black market or online marketplaces.

RetailCommentsPremium‘Scars’: Wesfarmers pins rise in thefts on COVID lockdowns

Wesfarmers’ boss has singled out one State for a ‘disproportionate’ amount of theft by organised crime gangs and has blamed its ‘very draconian lockdown’ for leaving ‘mental and economic scars’.

Sean Smith

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RetailPremiumWesfarmers showers investor with dividends in bumper year

Bargain-hunting Aussies have sent Wesfarmers’ earnings soaring, leading to an unexpected windfall for shareholders.

Cameron Micallef

Domino’s 82-year-old chair Jack Cowin says many of its customers had been trained to only buy a pizza when they had a discount voucher. 

RetailCommentsJack Cowin’s troubled pizza chain ditches the discounts

Domino’s executive chair Jack Cowin says the embattled pizza giant will dump its heavy discounting and vouchers to focus on delivering a Bunnings-style ‘everyday low price’ model in a bid to revive sales.

Cheyanne Enciso

Woolworths boss Amanda Bardwell.

RetailCommentsWoolies makes painful admission after steep profit decline

Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell has conceded the supermarket giant’s performance is not up to scratch and vowed to restore it to growth after profits slumped.

Cheyanne Enciso

Chemist Warehouse was the “standout” performer in Sigma Healthcare’s first set of financial results following the merger.

HealthCommentsChemist Warehouse helps Sigma earnings rocket to $900m

Discount pharmacy juggernaut Chemist Warehouse has delivered a “standout” performance for Sigma Healthcare following their much-hyped merger, helping earnings soar 41 per cent. 

Danielle Le Messurier

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BUSINESSPremiumAussie fashion brand’s $600m windfall

A booming ASX-listed Aussie fashion company with stores all over the world has added more than $600m to its market value after a big sales update.

Duncan Evans

Domino’s has lost money for the first time since it listed. NewsWire / Sarah Marshall

BUSINESSPremiumBeloved fast-food chain’s unwanted first

A fast-food giant has announced an unprecedented $3.7m loss and the closure of more than 300 stores globally.

Cameron Micallef

Scentre Group says its “prime urban land” can help create the “town centres of the future”.

RetailScentre ready to unlock land bank for housing

The boss of Australia’s biggest retail landlord Scentre Group says the company is engaging with governments and potential capital partners to transform its vast land holdings into thousands of new dwellings.

Danielle Le Messurier

Coles boss Leah Weckert says shoppers are feeling more optimistic.

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Home brands bolster Coles as shoppers look for cheap treats

Coles boss Leah Weckert says the supermarket giant is harnessing the popularity of its premium private-label range as shoppers look for affordable treats and ways to recreate restaurant experiences at home.

Cheyanne Enciso

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UPDATEDPremium‘Clear strategy’: Coles sales soar

Coles has announced an eye-watering full-year profit as Australians spend more with each shop.

Cameron Micallef

Australia Post has partially suspended services to the US “until further notice”.

BREAKINGPremiumAusPost suspends post to US in huge move

Australia Post has partially suspended sending parcels to the US “until further notice” in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Blair Jackson

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newsPremiumCall to change big issues in retail jobs

A major union is calling for big changes for retail workers after a major survey found more than three in four workers were at high risk of psychosocial hazards.

Jessica Wang

Naked Sundays product, SPF50+ Collagen Glow Mineral Sunscreen has been pulled from the Australian market over claims it does not meet the sunscreen protection factor.

UPDATEDPremiumCult product pulled from Aussie market

A second cult beauty product has been pulled from the Australian market over concerns that it doesn’t perform as advertised.

Emma Kirk

Consumers who would have normally purchased a bottle of wine to enjoy with their dinner at home are now going to pub trivia nights at one of Endeavour’s 354 hotels and drinking there, its boss says.

RetailCommentsEndeavour’s hangover as drinkers head to pub for quiz nights

The embattled owner of Dan Murphy’s and BWS is experiencing a shift in consumer behaviour, as drinkers opt to go to quiz nights at its pubs rather than buying a bottle of wine at its liquor stores.

Cheyanne Enciso

German retailer Aldi competes against Coles, Woolworths and IGA. Aldi

BUSINESSPremiumBold claim Aussies could save $3k a year

Upstart supermarket retailer Aldi reckons it can save Aussie shoppers $3000 a year on grocery bills. Here’s why.

Duncan Evans

GYG co-CEOs Hilton Brett and Steven Marks.

RetailCommentsHoly guacamole! Guzman y Gomez shares smashed

Guzman y Gomez investors have deserted the Mexican-themed restaurant chain even after it declared a maiden dividend and cracked $1 billion in sales for its nachos, burritos and tacos for the first time.

Cheyanne Enciso