Costco

Net profit margins have declined for both food and non-food retailers over recent years. This has been driven by a decline in gross margins suggesting a reduction in firms’ pricing power. [...]

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In January Coles and Woolworths went to war over cooked chook. Within a week both of Australia’s dominant supermarket brands slashed the price of roast chicken from $11 to about $8.The [...]

Discounter Costco Wholesale appears to have finally achieved critical mass, six years after entering Australia, reporting a strong rebound in profit in 2015 as sales soared to $1.3 [...]

Once-daggy home-brand products are back.In a bid to win back disaffected shoppers, Australia’s biggest supermarket chain, Woolworths, plans to match or beat the prices of major rival Coles [...]