Tag: Retail

Small grocery stores must implement strong marketing strategies that focus on lower prices in order to compete with the supermarket duopoly research has found.

On March 30, Scoop of the Day will launch in Sydney. Soon, the individual consumer will have access to unbeatable deals as they’ve never had before, leveraging group buying power to open the door to local businesses, spas, restaurants, bars and more.

Hot Cross Buns will be all that much sweeter as bakers across Australia bake over 870,000 buns to raise money for sick children at hospitals across the country on Saturday March 20.

Australian retail sales remained relatively flat over the month of February, according to the latest Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI).

Research conducted by John Stanley Associates has shown a 74.5% drop in the level of customer service around the world in the last five years. This is part of the findings revealed in the latest research by John Stanley Associates on their live Webinar to retailers on 11th March 2010. The research, carried out over […]

Retailer Kmart plans to withdraw its application to trade before 1pm on Anzac Day in NSW after the proposal sparked outrage across the country. Kmart managing director Guy Russo apologised for the companies decision to apply to trade during Anzac Day marches after receiving an overwhelming number of complaints and intense criticism from customers, politicians […]

War veterans have chastised an application by Kmart to open its stores before 1pm on Anzac Day, with some RSL’s threatening a boycott of the company. In an application to the State Government, Kmart, said there was “a desire within the community to see our stores open before 1pm on Anzac Day”. The company has […]

Woolworths exceeded market expectations today with a reported 11.4 percent rise in first-half net profit for this financial year. In the half year (27 weeks) ending 3rd of January, Woolworths net profit was $1.09 billion, up 11.4 per cent compared to the same period last year. Share holders will be paid interim dividend of 53 […]

The best of the best focus on how they can provide value to the customer whilst the average retailer looks at the price of the product. Research around the world shows that price is not the main priority when customers go shopping.

Woolworths has announced the initial 12 locations for the company’s hardware and home improvement competitor to Bunnings Warehouse. Initially the roll out would be across Victoria, with Victorian Planning Minister Justin Madden saying the state government would expedite the planning approval for the sites, at Coolaroo, Burnside, Preston, Hawthorn East, Oakleigh South, South Morang, Mornington, […]