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Bunnings site to be repurposed as shopping centre

A former Bunnings warehouse in Springvale, Victoria, will become Ouson Plaza – a shopping centre anchored by an ALDI supermarket and The Good Guys store. According to Burgess Rawson Leasing Director David Mark,...

Fully automated mixed-pallet technology for Coca-Cola Amatil

In the expansion of and automation of its Auckland distribution centre, Coca-Cola Amatil has selected Swisslog’s fully automated robot-based picking system, ACPaQ. Promoted as combining robotic solutions for palletising and depalletising with Swisslog’s...

Nestlé moves to recyclable or reusable packaging

Nestlé says it aims to make all its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, so that none of it – including plastics – ends up in landfill or as litter. “Plastic waste is...

Mobile loyalty app offers ‘footfall guarantee’ for retailers

Stocard, a mobile loyalty ‘wallet’, is offering current and future customers an incremental lift in sales conversions and footfall or their money back. After running hundreds of digital campaigns for high-profile Australian brands...

Doritos cracks into the biscuit aisle

The world’s number one corn-chip brand (Euromonitor International, ‘Packaged Food 2017’) has ventured into the biscuit category with Doritos Crackers. These bite-sized crackers are promoted as being oven baked, not fried, and loaded...

‘Half of Australians’ believe artificial sweeteners are unhealthy

Research commissioned by Nexba has found that 54.6 per cent of surveyed Australians believe artificial sweeteners are bad for their health. From a national representative sample of 1,002 adults aged 18-plus, the survey...

NQR sold as a going concern

Victorian discount-supermarket chain NQR has been sold as a going concern and will continue to operate. Bruno Secatore and Luke Targett of turnaround, restructuring and insolvency advisory firm Cor Cordis were appointed as...

Calls to investigate ATO after cash-grab allegations

Federal Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer has launched an investigation into the Australian Tax Office (ATO) following reports of vulnerable small businesses and individuals being targeted to help meet revenue goals. A joint...

Amazon hosts Australia’s first Innovation Day in Sydney

Designed to inspire business and technology leaders, Amazon’s Innovation Day was attended by several thousand executives, start-up CEOs, IT managers and developers across a variety of industries. The half-day program was inspired by...

Free interactive loss-prevention workshop for retailers

The Profit Protection Future Forum will hold two workshops in Melbourne and Sydney next month. The events are free for retailers, but numbers are strictly limited. Each Profit Protection Future Forum conference is...

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