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New Zealand is changing. As consumers, we’re getting smarter. We’re more connected to information than ever before: the average time spent on the Internet from home and work increased by 23 [...]

Last week, I attended a luncheon where the speaker was Roger Corbett, who might be fast becoming a living legend of Australian FMCG retailing.The elephant in the room, and in the FMCG industry [...]

Aldi has recalled several home brand biscuit and snack products due to possible “pest contamination”, and severed ties with the factory where they were made.The products, made by Baketime Ltd, [...]

Bunnings has a new cunning plan that could help the hardware giant stay ahead of the pack.As Woolworths’ hardware brand Masters is quickly sinking, Bunnings is expanding and opening small retail [...]

After spending 33 years turning its Homebrand range into one of Australia’s biggest-selling generic brands, Woolworths is renaming almost 1000 Homebrand products "Essentials" to [...]