Canstar Blue has conducted a survey to discover what top 20 supermarket sold brands Australians say they cannot do without. Despite the growing trend of buying private label, the Canstar Blue study found...

Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has today announced that the ‘effects test’ will be introduced into the Australian Competition and Consumer Act. Introducing the test will change Section...

Aldi supermarkets in the UK have taken a unique approach to advertising their 2016 Easter offerings. They are parodying two popular advertisements by other well-known brands. In one advertisement, Aldi...

Moody’s Investor Services has today dropped Woolworths’ credit rating.   Woolworths’ credit rating has been reduced from Baa2 to Baa1 with Moody’s Vice President Ian Chitterer saying the decision...

Woolworths may have just found its chance for salvation and it comes in the form of its new CEO, Brad Banducci. There is no doubt Banducci is the right pick for the role. First and foremost, he walks into...

Wesfarmers has completed its acquisition of UK hardware chain Homebase.   Wesfarmers Managing Director Richard Goyder said the acquisition now adds 15, 000 new employees in the UK and Ireland to the...

Department store David Jones will once again be competing against Australia’s supermarkets with its South African owner Woolworths Holdings signalling its intentions late last week that the chain will...

There is a whole lot of discussion around the progressive closure of Thomas Dux stores by owner Woolworths, and the assumption that it will be closed down if a trade sale does not evolve.   Maybe...

Aldi has opened its doors this morning to hundreds of customers waiting to shop at its first four South Australian stores.   The stores are located a Parafield Gardens, Hallet Cove, Seaford Heights...

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...