Woolworths will finally be able to sell what remains of its Masters home improvement chain with Lowe’s forced to sell its share in the business. The US-based Lowe’s hardware entered into a joint-venture...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is inviting comments on a draft undertaking from Metcash which intends to resolve concerns regarding its proposed acquisition of Woolworth’s...

Woolworths has made a major announcement confirming its plan to sell or close its failed Masters hardware chain.   By a strange twist of fate, the announcement has come at the same time as its competitor...

New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries has said it is concerned about the cost it will take for its nation’s food producers to comply with Australia’s new proposed country of origin labelling...

The retail wheel just keeps turning.   There has certainly been plenty of comment around about the poor performance of Woolies, and the various reasons for it, and generally the Masters debacle  gets...

Coles lower prices boost third quarter results for Wesfarmers Wesfarmers Limited has announced “pleasing” retail sales result of $13 billion for the third quarter of the 2015 financial year, which...

Concerns about trends in Woolworths results Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced a drop in Net Profit After Tax of 3.1 per cent, to $1,280.4 million, for the half year ended 4 January...

Bunnings undiminished, but the battle’s on for silver, research Wesfarmers’ cash cow Bunnings remains the head honcho of hardware, with nearly half of adult Australians, or over nine million Australians...

No ACCC opposition to Woolworths proposed acquisition of Hudson Building Supplies The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced that it will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Hudson...

Metcash profits decline as supermarket war creates ‘tough market conditions’ Australian wholesaler and distributor of groceries and hardware products Metcash Limited (Metcash) has announced its results...