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“It’s disappointing”: Why retailers should do more to tackle modern slavery
Monash University reported last year that more than a third of mandatory modern slavery reports were unsatisfactory. So,...
Bunnings customers caught up in international data breach
US-based scheduling platform FlexBooker, which Bunnings uses to power part of its ‘Drive & Collect’ service, was breache...
Black Friday drives 5.8 per cent retail-wide sales bump in November
Clothing, footwear and personal accessories led the way in sales during the month as Australians increasingly want to re...
Finalists revealed for Inside Retail’s Retailer Awards 2022
Inside Retail is thrilled to announce this year's finalists for the upcoming Retailer Awards presented by Commonwealth B...
HungryPanda acquires Buy@Home to strengthen Asian food delivery
Easi national operations manager Kitty Lu said the acquisition would increase the business' effectiveness and reach in a...
Hallenstein Glasson’s sales tumble in first quarter
At the business’ AGM, held on Tuesday, chairman Warren Bell said the sales drop was largely caused by store closures acr...
Wesfarmers moves to block Woolies’ bid for API
According to Wesfarmers, a growing number of pharmacists and chemists find the overlap between Woolworths’ products and ...
The Warehouse Group introduces 26 weeks paid parental leave for all staff
The business will also continue topping up workers’ KiwiSaver contributions, and will keep accruing annual leave at the ...
Booktopia misled consumers on refunds for damaged, faulty items: ACCC
Booktopia is being taken to Federal Court after an ACCC investigation found it had misled consumers about their rights i...
New Zealand Food Safety investigating series of recalls across supermarkets
Lead contaminated sugar has been recalled four times in the last two months across both Countdown and Foodstuffs South I...
BusinessNZ refuses to assist in “unlawful” fair pay scheme
“They aren’t needed, [and] remove the flexibility and autonomy of modern workplaces and won’t improve pay and conditions...
Metcash benefits from customer’s local shift throughout first half
Group CEO Jeff Adams said the businesses food, liquor and hardware pillars had all benefitted from Metcash’s position in...
Premier Retail starts FY22 on the back foot
Incoming chief executive Richard Murray said that he believed Premier’s retail team has done an amazing job navigating t...
Woolies blocks Wesfarmers’ plans for API with $872 million bid
According to Woolworths, API’s board has determined their proposal is likely to be superior to Wesfarmers’, and it is wo...
Off White, Louis Vuitton artistic designer Virgil Abloh passes away
Abloh had been privately battling cancer for several years, according to a statement from LVMH.
Lush exiting Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat due to whistleblower revelations
Lush co-founder Mark Constantine said, as someone who has spent his entire life avoiding adding harmful ingredients to t...
Accent Group’s sales slipped by $86m before stores reopened
More than 400 of the business’ stores were shuttered through the 18 weeks to October 31.
Dyson launches virtual reality store through Oculus
This VR experience goes some way in allowing shoppers to check out the business’ products, and future updates to the sof...
Gorman founder and creative director steps away from business
After 22 years as creative director, Gorman founder Lisa Gorman is departing from her position at the company.
Upparel set to launch textile recycling in New Zealand in December
Across Australia, Upparel takes unwanted clothing and textiles from consumers and businesses and recycles them where pos...
