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Experts predict price war in UK convenience channel

Following the consolidation of Britain’s wholesale convenience market, research company GlobalData says it believes competition in the sector will intensify throughout 2018. Industry giant Tesco-Booker is expected to bring prices down in convenience...

BP disappointed by ACCC opposition to Woolworths fuel takeover

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it will oppose the planned acquisition of Woolworths’ network of retail service stations by BP Australia. “We are disappointed by the news,” BP Australia President Andy...

Payment in the palm of your hand

Australia’s first-ever autonomous smart store, quiXmart, has launched in Australia, after the innovative technology was showcased for the first time at Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Sydney this week. The quiXmart retail...

Caltex franchisee accused of falsifying wage records

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has begun legal action against a Caltex franchisee in Sydney for allegedly falsifying records of the wage rates it paid to overseas workers. Facing the Federal Circuit Court...

Convenience worldwide: SPAR Netherlands brings more convenience to customers

SPAR Netherlands recently opened three new stores in two different formats – a SPAR City store and two new SPAR Express stores – one of which is the first SPAR Express store...

ACCC delays consideration of BP/Woolworths acquisition

At the request of BP and Woolworths, the ACCC has delayed its consideration of BP’s proposed acquisition of the Woolworths’ retail service-station sites so that the ACCC can consider further information from...

Almost half of mobile users regularly blow their data limits

Deloitte’s Mobile Consumer Survey 2017 finds that our desire to be constantly connected and continuously consuming is leading to data-plan blowouts, hidden costs and more people switching operators. “We’re more connected than ever...

MGA: NSW container deposit laws will destroy small and independently owned businesses

New container deposit laws in NSW will operate from December 1, 2017, and from that date, says MGA Independent Retailers CEO Jos de Bruin, independently owned businesses on the NSW borders will...
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