Home furnishings chain Adairs says it is on track to deliver record sales in the 2025 financial year, but heavy discounting to achieve this has dented margins.
Cheyanne Enciso
Alarm bells are ringing for a major ASX-listed fashion business as a brutal Trump slump and inflation shock smashes share prices.
Duncan Evans
Metcash boss Doug Jones says cost-conscious shoppers are increasingly choosing their local liquor stores over big-box retailers as the product offerings improve and the price gap narrows.
Retail giant JB Hi-Fi has agreed to pay a $13.5 million fine to settle allegations that certain store promotions at The Good Guys were misleading and deceptive.
Daniel Newell
Shipping insurance is touted as a necessary add-on but it is being criticised by business owners and experts who say it’s merely a dressed-up junk fee.
Chloe Maher
Pop Mart shares dropped in Hong Kong after a Chinese state media commentary called for stricter regulation of blind-box toys and trading cards, stoking concern over the company’s wildly popular Labubu dolls.
Bloomberg
Australia’s unseasonably warm autumn has dampened sales for Kathmandu owner KMD Brands, warning full-year earnings could fall by as much as $NZ35 million ($32.3m).
Perth is tipped to have the second-lowest rate of business failures among the capital cities over the next 12 months, as new figures from credit analysts CreditorWatch hint at a brighter outlook.
US President Donald Trump’s family is getting into the mobile phone business with a Trump-branded service that will rely on pre-existing wireless networks and hardware that is ‘made in America’.
Kelcee Griffis and Ashley Carman
Wall Street analysts are rushing to raise price targets on Pop Mart International following the success of its Labubu dolls.
Charlotte Yang
Collapsed footwear brand Wittner has been thrown a lifeline by the company already behind some of the nation’s popular shoe retailers like Jo Mercer, Novo and Spendless Shoes.
An iconic Aussie fashion business with a 100-year history is set to avoid collapse in a breakthrough deal.
A major furniture retailer has urgently pulled a popular range of dining chairs off the shelves over fears they could cause injuries.
Alexandra Feiam
The boss of BWS, the liquor chain owned by Endeavour Group, will step down after more than five years in the top job.
The TRG have taken down a man allegedly armed with a blowtorch who went on a wild rampage at a Bunnings store in Perth.
Emma Kirk
An iconic Australian company is being sued over claims its products can tackle the rugged outback.
Blair Jackson
Shares in Cettire are copping a beating after the online retailer warned volatility caused by US tariffs, weaker demand in established markets and a challenged luxury goods market have impacted profitability.
Amid the Black Friday spending bonanza, three major Australian stores have been fined for misleading sales.
One of the world’s biggest retailers is opening a new, dedicated store in Australia.
Bair Jackson
Online retail giant Amazon has unveiled a new platform in Australia, promising to streamline purchases between businesses and offer savings as rising operating costs continue to be a headache.
The owner of Perth’s biggest pub is lukewarm on the idea of WA getting its twelfth public holiday in a year, saying they usually make for risky trading days and more expensive meals for punters.
Simone Grogan
Paspaley Pearls wants to set up a showroom in an old heritage-listed substation on Murray Street, seeking to demolish most of the interior but vowing to restore the facade in a $3 million project.
Kim Macdonald
Metcash is knocking up a new plan to reinvigorate its hardware division, with moves to bring two groups under the one pergola.
It will screen your phone calls, translate your messages, and help you work out but Apple's artificial intelligence software is not ready to smarten up Siri.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
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