A world-first ban has been announced aimed at stopping price gouging from Australia’s two largest supermarkets.
Cameron Micallef
Coles and Woolworths are in the firing line of new anti-price gouging laws the consumer watchdog says will be another tool it will deploy to keep supermarkets in check.
Cheyanne Enciso
Apple has raised iPad and MacBook prices, saying it can no longer shield customers from this one big problem.
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Spud King Tony Galati has joined the battle to defend WA’s share of GST from an east coast attack.
Australian household spending bounced back strongly in May, partially driven by travel-related refunds normalising after being elevated in April due to flight cancellations.
A wildly popular Aussie activewear brand is on the brink of financial collapse, with the business falling into receivership amid financial pressures.
Emma Kirk
The troubled company behind outdoor clothing brand Kathmandu will crunch its share registry at the same time it added a commercial lawyer to its board.
A substance which can stop someone breathing or make them collapse has been found in illicit vapes sold in one major city.
Blair Jackson
Guzman Y Gomez says it is taking a disciplined approach to opening 1000 stores in Australia after ambitious plans to conquer the US market flopped.
The entrepreneur who turned a single drive-through coffee store into one of Australia’s most recognised franchise brands has died suddenly, aged 74.
Rebecca Le May
David Jones has dumped long-serving boss Scott Fyfe to appoint its first female chief executive in the department store’s 188-year history.
One of the nation’s major poultry producers, Inghams, has locked down its WA operations after H5N1 avian influenza was detected in two wild birds in Esperance.
The besieged retail sector is in the midst of a ‘killing season, one expert says, following the recent collapse of a string of well-known brands.
The competition watchdog has unveiled a new push to target unsafe household products, saying consumers should not have to choose between affordability and safety at a time when finances are under pressure.
Maccas has quietly axed a signature Aussie classic from its menus 17 years after they were first introduced Down Under – despite the range once generating $2m a week.
Popular burger chain Milky Lane is hoping to strike while the iron is hot with a massive nationwide expansion that will see it have nearly 40 stores around the country within the next few years.
This shopping strip has the tightest vacancy rate of all high streets, but one in five shops are closed on another popular high street.
Kim Macdonald
A 28-year-old Australian fashion retailer is officially in its final days as the business goes dark and the last remaining store is set to close.
A fragile US-Iran peace deal stands between Australian households and $3/L diesel, record inflation and several quarters of negative economic growth, Westpac warns.
The company has operated for more than 80 years, with the decision to close the doors described as deeply emotional.
Harvey Constable
Roughly 300 staff will be affected by the move, with guarantees from the company that all entitlements will be paid.
Duncan Murray
Popular hamburger franchise Grill'd has been accused of misleading customers over a tree-planting donation campaign.
Poppy Johnston
The Australian chain has made ordering takeaway easier than changing a radio station in a move that puts the “fast” into fast food.
Samina Rakhshani
An iconic Aussie retailer has been fined after tricking customers into believing they were scoring genuine discounts that never existed.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
