Google has released its Australian 2011 Brand Zeitgeist list, which shows the most searched for brands and ads in the country. Commonwealth Bank topped the list as Australia’s most searched for brand.
Woolworths CEO Grant O’Brien has announced the company will create 10,000 new retail jobs by the end of the financial year, as the business recruits staff to work in new stores and distribution centres.
Aldi and Coles have come out on top amongst the big supermarket chains in customer service, with Aldi leading the field with a 92 percent approval rating from shoppers.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has the market power of Coles and Woolworths in its sights, warning it will be watching for any “unconscionable conduct” when it comes to negotiating supply arrangements.
In order to drum up business for itself and SMEs, Shop A Docket is offering small businesses six weeks free in any 18-week advertising package on Shop A Docket grocery dockets, both online and in-store.
The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has revealed it’s focusing heavily on its future, as competition from supermarkets hots up and new challenges arise.
Shop A Docket and Woolworths have re-established their partnership, in a move that will see Shop A Docket receipts again distributed at the point of sale in Woolworths and Big W stores across Australia.
While many would consider the art of planking as a bit of harmless fun, its competitive nature means the more daring the location, the better. It’s the daring side of it that has the potential to create big health and safety issues at work.
The milk price war that the big supermarket chains are engaging in is hurting the smaller businesses in the food production chain and farmers, cafes and independent food outlets are demanding the Federal Government steps in.
Coles and Woolworths’ milk price war, with ‘home brand’ milk varieties from both supermarkets being sold for $1 per litre as a loss leader will decimate small retailers and hurt farmers with Aldi and Franklins supermarkets also joining the war, with both lowering their milk prices to match.
