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Financial system inquiry head David Murray wants more competition in business lending and argues supermarkets could easily provide it.He said the two big supermarkets Woolworths and Coles are [...]

Conglomerate Wesfarmers says it is pleased with the performance of its retail business, with supermarket chain Coles meeting expectations with its third quarter sales, hardware chain Bunnings [...]

Coles’ decision to shift towards everyday-low pricing will be put to the test this week, when the food and liquor chain releases its first quarterly results since adopting a hybrid [...]

Traditional supermarkets such as Kroger (KR – Get Report) and Safeway are schooling mass merchants Wal-Mart (WMT – Get Report) and Target (TGT – Get Report) in the business of [...]

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My sincere thanks go to CEDA for hosting this event at short notice. n The Panel’s task n Last year, I was honoured to be asked to lead a review of [...]