Jack Cowin’s revamp of Domino’s hinged on reversing the Australian pizza chain’s addiction to discounts, vouchers and multibuy deals. Now a war in Iran threatens to up-end his progress.
Angus Whitley
For the first time in history, supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are being led by women, representing an upward trend in the appointment of Australian retail queens.
Cheyanne Enciso
Australia’s petroleum industry is claiming to be transparent as petrol prices hit new record highs.
Stephen Johnson
Executives from Optus’ parent company Singtel have made a big call as they are grilled over last year’s catastrophic triple-0 outage.
Ria Pandey, Nathan Schmidt
A seven-point plan has been announced to safeguard WA’s fuel supplies after Roger Cook was warned that farmers and small miners were within weeks of running out.
Jessica Page and Simone Grogan
Australian bootmaker R.M. Williams is targeting more stores across the United Kingdom as it eyes over £15 million ($28.1m) in turnover.
When it comes to toilet paper, every Aussie knows you get what you pay for — there’s bog-standard or the ultra-soft stuff that’s fit for only the finest of derrieres. But which is the best?
Daniel Newell
Australians are being told to brace for higher prices throughout the economy as the price of fuel soars and retailers react to panic buying.
Tess Ikonomou
Regional petrol stations have limited fuel purchases to just $20 per customer as panic buying in cities creates severe shortages across country Australia.
Cameron Micallef
Panic buying has forced some regional service stations to impose fuel restrictions as farmers warn shoppers to brace for grocery price hikes.
Callum Godde
Coles is expected to pull back the gap between arch rival Woolworths over the next few months as the Amanda Bardwell-led chain rides out the impact of a 17-day strike at its warehouses in late 2024.
Fast food billionaire chair Jack Cowin has bought $3 million worth of shares in embattled Domino’s, where he is currently leading a turnaround by ditching heavy discounts to rebuild profitability.
Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed has made a major business move in the wake of his brave act during Australia’s deadliest terror attack.
Emma Kirk
Bunnings will introduce facial recognition technology to combat retail crime in its New Zealand stores within weeks while preparing the ground for a longer-term Australian rollout.
Sean Smith and Cheyanne Enciso
A former head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning of petrol rationing should the Iran war continue.
Australia’s household spending rebounded in January, signalling resilient consumer demand even as the outlook is clouded by the risk of further interest rate increases and higher energy costs.
Swati Pandey
China is the biggest monthly source for new Australian cars for the first time ever and dominates the EV market. Japan had been the uninterrupted No.1 since 1998. Here’s why intelligence experts are worried.
The Treasurer says motorists shouldn’t be taken for mugs by fuel companies introducing “unwarranted” hikes at the bowser.
Blair Jackson
West Australian shoppers could soon be forking out more at the supermarket, with agribusinesses bracing for higher oil and fertiliser prices to bleed into production costs amid war in the Middle East.
Cheyanne Enciso, Simone Grogan and Georgia Campion
Woolworths Holdings said trading in its Australian apparel business slowed sharply at the end of the first half, while stepped-up investment in its South African food division weighed on margins.
Janice Kew
Perth fuel prices skyrocketed to as much as $2.13 per litre on Wednesday as Roger Cook warned petrol stations they were ‘taking advantage’ of worried West Australians.
Jessica Page
Electric vehicles have broken sales records in Australia even as the larger automotive market stalled, with sales of petrol and hybrid models falling.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Fuel prices have already hit astonishing levels in some parts of Australia, amid the war on Iran hitting drivers at the bowser.
Abisha Sapkota and Nathan Schmidt
Newly-installed Endeavour boss Jayne Hrdlicka says its move to make booze cheaper at Dan Murphy’s has helped it claw back market share from major rival Coles Liquor as well as independent stores.
