The private equity firm under fire for transforming Dick Smith into a $520 million sharemarket sensation is hatching a plan to bring together Australia’s two biggest independent hardware [...]
Payment problems at Woolworths’ loss-making Masters chain may have contributed to the collapse of one of its suppliers, 60-year-old family-owned hardware company Otter Group.Otter, which [...]
US retailer Lowe’s has set the scene for legal action against Woolworths after writing down the value of its 33 per cent stake in the companies’ home improvement joint venture by [...]
Woolworths is threatening to unleash the competition watchdog on Mitre 10 after the Metcash-controlled hardware chain invited a group of Home Timber & Hardware’s top performing [...]
Metcash has been in talks over the potential acquisition of Woolworths’ Home Timber & Hardware for more than six months, sources close to the listed wholesaler say.Talk that Metcash was [...]
