NewZealand

Woolworths was expected to beat Coles in the latest quarterly bout of the great supermarket war. But the release of its third-quarter sales stunned just about everyone. Woolworths shot the lights [...]

Woolworths has flagged higher costs for labour, fruit and vegetables and a wider loss for its troubled discount department store Big W this half, as it blitzed supermarket rival Coles with its [...]

Coles will cut promotions to stamp-out shopper distrust in the supermarket giant as intense competition forces it to invest in service and every-day low prices to stay ahead of the game.The [...]

Hardware giant Bunnings was the only retailer in Wesfarmers’ stable to hit double digit sales growth in the third quarter, as fierce competition in grocery and a resurgent Woolworths [...]

A few years ago, and well before the headlines heralding Amazon’s imminent arrival to Australian shores hit, executives from Australia’s biggest owner of retail businesses, [...]