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GS1 Australia completes data pool migration

GS1 Australia has successfully migrated close to 2,000 GS1net user organisations and almost one million product catalogues from the existing GS1net data pool to the new GS1 Australia National Product Catalogue platform. The...

Australia’s top 100 food and beverage companies revealed

IBISWorld has released its annual list of the top 100 food and beverage companies in Australia in the December edition of Food & Drink Business. The list offers detailed insight into the...

NoQ rings up supermarket success online

Australian e-commerce company NoQ has delivered an online bonus for dozens of independent supermarkets Australia-wide that are defending their businesses from attack by the grocery giants. NoQ was launched in September 2011 as...

New e-cigarette legislation in effect

An official ban on the advertising and display of e-cigarettes and accessories is now in effect in NSW. Introduced as law on December 1, the ban prohibits retailers from advertising or promoting e-cigarettes...

Christmas wrap

Shoppers clicking closer to Christmas The Australian Retailers Association anticipates that Australians will spend a total of around $2.8 billion online in the six weeks leading up to Christmas. ARA Executive Director Russell Zimmerman...

RBA takes stance on card payments and surcharges

Retailers will see a reduction in their cost of doing business should the new standards for Australian card payment systems proposed by the Reserve Bank of Australia this week be approved. Surcharging frameworks...

Blackmores opens first Australian store as flagship

Vitamin and supplement company Blackmores opened its first Australian store this week at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney. The innovative store offers a complete “wellbeing experience” with rooms for private consultations with qualified...

Woolworths rolls out ‘free fruit for kids’ offer

In the first national program of its type, every Woolworths store will contain clearly marked stands featuring a selection of fresh seasonal fruit sourced from local farmers and suppliers, with children encouraged...

Metcash sales revenue up 1.4 per cent to $6.6b

The Metcash group improved both its liquor and hardware profits in the six months ended October 31, but this was more than offset by decline in food and grocery, which was impacted...

$200m Foodland expansion to add 22 new SA stores

Foodland Supermarkets will build 22 new stores across South Australia and develop a major new warehouse/distribution centre as part of a five-year $200 million expansion program. Speaking before the Foodland 2020 conference last...

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