Australian Retailers Association Executive Director Russell Zimmerman says retailers are continuing to face a difficult operating environment and a 1.2 per cent minimum-wage increase is the best way to preserve employment within...
Vietnam is forecast to be the fastest-growing convenience market in Asia by 2021, according to new data released by international grocery research organisation IGD.
Asia’s grocery market is the largest in the world,...
The Victorian and Queensland state winners of the annual IGA Awards of Excellence have been announced ahead of the national awards in July.
The keenly contested IGA awards are described as representing great...
Peregrine Corporation, owner of OTR convenience stores, has won South Australia’s 2016 Governor’s Multicultural Award for a private-sector company.
The SA family company formed in 1984 when the late Fathi (Fred) Shahin –...
Stuart Alexander has launched a new three-in-one bubblegum lollipop under the Chupa Chups brand.
Featuring two different flavour layers and a bubblegum centre, the Chupa Chups come in Pineapple & Watermelon and Berry...
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) at Coles fell 2.6 per cent to $920 million for the half-year ended December 31, 2016.
Excluding the gains on the sale of Coles’ interest in a...
Rob Scott will be the next Wesfarmers managing director, replacing Richard Goyder who will step down towards the end of 2017 after more than 12 years in the role.
Mr Scott becomes the...
Paul Zahra, former David Jones chief and current global retail adviser to PwC, has joined ‘naturally-sugar-free’ drinks start-up Nexba as an adviser and investor.
His appointment comes at a pivotal time for the...
