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Woolworths Carrier of the Year Awards 2016

Woolworths has announced its 2016 Carrier of the Year awards at the company’s fourth Transport Safety Seminar. Goldstar Transport and SRT Logistics were recognised as the carriers that have delivered outstanding performance in...

What trends will drive consumers towards 2025?

Key insights into understanding changes that can be anticipated in the world of food and health during the next 10 years were shared with more than 50 industry leaders and media at...

Algorithms provide competitive advantage

According to technology research firm Gartner Inc, retailers can gain a competitive advantage through the application of algorithms that reduce costs and improve top-line revenue. Gartner says the main functions where algorithms can...

Financial stress costing Australian businesses

According to new research from AMP, one in four surveyed Australian workers has low confidence in their financial position and struggles to make ends meet. The research, undertaken for AMP’s ‘2016 Financial Wellness’...

Mirvac excels at shopping centre awards

Mirvac Retail has received two Golds and two Silvers in the 2016 International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC) Pacific Shopping Centre Awards Program. The ICSC awards recognise the region’s most innovative shopping centres....

First Choice leads in satisfaction

The Coles-affiliated liquor superstore, First Choice, has topped the liquor store category of Roy Morgan’s Customer Satisfaction Awards for the third consecutive month. Less than one percentage point separates First Choice from its...

Flybuys and Velocity join forces

Flybuys and Velocity Frequent Flyer loyalty programs have teamed up for an Australian-first partnership that will open travel opportunities for shoppers. Members of flybuys and Virgin Australia’s loyalty program, Velocity Frequent Flyer, can...

Woolworths’ loss a win for Coles and ALDI

Shoppers in Australia spent almost one billion dollars less at Woolworths over the year to September 2016 compared with the previous 12 months and took it across the street to Coles and...

Woolworths releases first-quarter results

Woolworths Group has announced that the company grew 2.2 per cent in the first quarter of financial year 2017. The group’s Australian food division sales grew 1.7 per cent from $9.16 billion to...

Coles achieves ‘satisfactory’ first-quarter sales growth

Coles’ headline food and liquor sales for the first quarter of financial year 2017 were $7.9 billion, up 2.9 per cent on the previous corresponding period. Comparable food and liquor store sales increased...

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