Two shop assistants were subjected to an unwarranted number of work trials by a NSW retail business, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found. Mario and Mirna Tamer, the former owners of Fancy Fruits retail shop at Thirroul, in the Illawarra region, have admitted they often used unpaid trials as part of their recruitment process.The […]
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Woolworths’ new pricing and value strategy (see C&I WEEK issue 120, 2015-05-07) has left Coles managing director John Durkan unruffled. Mr Durkan outlined plans for the retailer to expand into new channels and services and improve its customer offer ?including a focus on from Coles Online as a source of growth ?at a Wesfarmers strategy
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Small Businesses (0-19 employees) benefit from 2015-16 Budget with $5.5 Billion Jobs and Small Business Package allowing for tax cut relief.
Boost for small business and jobs in 2015 Budget Read More »
Aldi Australia will become a new tenant within the Barker Plaza Shopping Centre (Mount Barker, SA) and has acquired a site in Hawthorn, which will service Mitcham and surrounding suburbs. “Securing a site for Aldi in Mount Barker is very exciting and an important milestone for us, as we are committed to developing more than
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More than 300 customers and over 50 suppliers joined The Distributors on the Gold Coast for their National Retailer and Wholesaler Trade Show & Conference in early May. The first day kicked off with the Inaugural Retailer Trade Show followed by a Wholesaler Trade Show in the afternoon with exhibitors showcasing new product lines, product
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Coles supermarkets has refunded close to $10 million to suppliers as part of a dispute resolution process. The refunds follow a Federal Court finding in December 2014 that Coles demanded payments from suppliers to which it was not entitled by threatening harm to the suppliers that did not comply with the demand and withheld money
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BP Australia to spend $450 million over the next few years in expansion of its 1400 sites around the country.
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Reports that the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association (SDA) pays major supermarkets such as Coles and Woolworths up to $5 million a year in commissions that help maintain its large membership were not a surprise for independent retailer association Master Grocers Australia/Liquor Retailers Australia. The ALP’s largest union affiliate, the SDA, was investigated by
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Fully printable chipless radio frequency identification (RFID) tags may renew supermarket and grocery/convenience industry interest in the technology, after Monash University researchers developed fully printable tags for metals and liquids, including water bottles and soft-drinks cans. Until now, this hasn’t been possible because the metal and liquids interfere with the technology. The tag can be
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Woolworths aims to win the trust of its customers “and increase its share of their food spend” through a program of lower prices and improving all aspects of their shopping experience. Recognising that lower prices are not the only strategy to win the hearts and minds of consumers, Woolworths Food Group Managing Director, Brad Banducci,
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Australian convenience stores have done it again. For the third year running, the convenience channel outpaced the growth of the grocery channel over the course of 2014, recording sales growth of 4.5% compared to the 2.6% recorded by the country’s major grocers. The figures were unveiled today with the launch of the annual State of
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Woolworths will cut a further 400 non-customer facing roles as it seeks to maintain and improve its position as Australia’s leading retailer. While Woolworths says its value position at its most competitive level since January 2014, its three year growth strategy outlined earlier this week, is based on a new ‘Lean Retail’ operating model which
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Friday 10 April marked the end of an era for the suburb of Walkerville SA as the local IGA store closed its doors, unable to withstand the impact of competition from the nearby Woolworths store. The sign on the door of read “Dear Customers, We regret to inform you that IGA Walkerville is closing down
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