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Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder has revealed that two Bunnings hardware outlets recorded an immediate drop in sales when Woolworths opened its maiden Masters big-box hardware store [...]

THE Indian government is opening the country’s $US500 billion ($A513 billion) retail sector to foreign competition and Woolworths is expected to be among those looking to sell directly to [...]

Grocery wholesaler and Franklins supermarket owner Metcash has had a 14 per cent drop in first-half profit but has increased its financial forecasts for the full year. n Metcash reported a $94.4 [...]

IT LOOKED like a lifeline being thrown to struggling food manufacturers: a new technology rollout that promised them big cost savings. n With manufacturers under pressure from cheap private label [...]

FOOD manufacturers are negotiating with the federal government to make it illegal for Coles and Woolworths to mimic the packaging of branded products for their private-label lines. n As the two [...]