Analysts will look for signs of a broader consumer recovery during the August earnings season, noting rate cuts have helped ease cost-of-living pressures but the impact on spending had so far been moderate.
Cheyanne Enciso
Sir Michael Hill, founder of his eponymous jewellery brand, has died aged 86.
The supermarket is promising its range of more than 1800 products - including fruit, vegetables, meat, seafood, dairy, bread and household essentials - at a few clicks of a button.
Strong retail spending and business investment made Western Australia the nation’s best economic performer for the fourth consecutive quarter.
Adrian Rauso
Retail workers are facing a new set of dangers from third-party delivery services, a union has warned, after footage emerged showing an alleged assault of a Coles worker by an Uber driver.
Everybody loves a throwback. And PerthNow and the State Library of WA are taking you to shopping centres of bygone eras in Perth. SEE THE FASCINATING PICS.
Joseph Cassidy
An iconic fashion label with more than 50 stores in Australia and New Zealand is facing legal action over alleged unpaid debts.
Cameron Micallef
Shares in Autobarn owner Bapcor have shed nearly 30 per cent after revealing its second-half trading performance was weaker than expected in May and June, as well as the sudden exit of three board directors.
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s two rate cuts this year have encouraged WA consumers to take advantage of EOFY bargains in June, but one expert warns the retail sugar hit may just be a one-off.
Australians are spending more online as inflation eases and interest rate cuts seem more likely following a lean period, especially for some home-buyers.
Callum Godde
Australian shoppers spent an astonishing amount online, with end of financial year sales and rate cut hopes driving customer demand.
The wealthy family of a slain businessman has been forced to make a “tough call” on their future, and they’ve done it with “heavy hearts”.
Blair Jackson
Auto giant Stellantis expects a net loss of $US2.68 billion ($4.12b) in the first half of the year amid pre-tax net charges and early effects of US tariffs, the company said Monday in its preliminary figures.
Bloomberg
A beloved boutique chocolate retailer is battling through a whopping rise in global cocoa prices, but Australia’s sweet tooth is helping out.
Duncan Evans
The government is looking to stamp out an “unfair” business move which is leaving workers on penalty rates worse off.
Woolworths has expressed interest in exploring the Federal Government’s concept of a digital “skills passport” to help it identify and build a pipeline of workers to fill its high-tech warehouses.
Shoppers celebrating the end of surcharge fees on card payments have been warned they’ll end up covering the cost anyway, when retailers are forced to build-in the charge.
City Chic has fallen short of its full-year earnings and sales guidance, with the Brett Blundy-backed womenswear retailer noting Donald Trump’s ongoing tariff threats has affected consumer demand.
An iconic Australian retailer will shut down a flagship store in one major city as sales pressures hit the business.
Up against cost-of-living pressures, Gen Z and millennials are, concerningly, leaning heavily on low-cost credit models to support their spending.
Mark Smyth
Residents have expressed their disappointment after Woolworths lodged an application to redevelop the 20-store centre, which is currently home to an IGA, several family-owned businesses and a post office.
Cheyanne Enciso and Liam Murphy
Fast Retailing Co reported third-quarter earnings that missed estimates, as weaker sales in China weighed on the Japanese apparel maker’s performance.
It is no exaggeration to say that IGA at Kinross Central — set in a newly listed neighbourhood shopping centre — is one of the best in the world.
Kim Macdonald
Spending at Karrinyup skims the ten figure sum over a year. That’s a lot of shopping.
