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Opinion 03 Mar 2023

Borrowers beware, savers celebrate

Consumer sentiment is switching to a more conservative spending cycle.

Small Business 31 Aug 2022

Pressure mounts for supermarkets

While shoppers face inflationary pressures and a rising cost of living, the cost of doing business is also up.

Technology, Innovation & Science 11 Mar 2020

RAPIDtech labels on the money

A Perth startup is hoping its electronic price tag technology can help bricks-and-mortar retailers cut costs and provide better customer service in their efforts to combat online competition.

Opinion 14 May 2019

Checkout squeeze on centre landlords

OPINION: Damaging supermarket prices wars and more online shoppers have turned the screws on a besieged retail property sector.

Retail 30 Apr 2019

IGAs feel pinch as Aldi rolls in

Perth's grocery wars, amplified by giant Aldi's market push and price cuts by Coles and Woolworths, have claimed five struggling smaller supermarkets over the past five months.

Opinion 14 Mar 2017

Supermarket giants squeezed from both sides

OPINION: Supersized big-box retail is throwing down the gauntlet to the established order in Australia.

Government 03 Mar 2017

Shoppers keen for better retail hours

Moves to extend trading hours on weekdays and on Sundays could be a hit with voters, according to a recent survey conducted for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA, with 59 per cent of shoppers keen for longer weekday trade.

Food & Drink 30 Oct 2015

Taylor Road shows the way for IGA

Nestled in the heart of Nedlands, the Taylor Road IGA is not your usual supermarket.

Opinion 05 Oct 2015

Metcash crunched by the big boys

The wholesale supplier has lost a huge chunk of its stock market value as it battles the grocery giants.

Property 29 Sep 2015

Growing market pressures majors

The traditionally dominant players in Australian retail are being forced to reinvent themselves in the face of increased competition – from each other, and a host of international raiders.

Retail 29 May 2015

Glacial change brings 24-hour retail

Some smaller retail operators in and around Perth are taking advantage of the ad hoc nature of regulation in Western Australia to open 24 hours a day.

Property 19 Nov 2014

First Perth Aldi to open in Joondalup

UPDATE: Aldi says it's first Western Australian store is set to open in mid-2016, at the state's largest shopping centre, the Lend Lease-owned Lakeside Joon

Government 01 Oct 2014

Retail turnover up, but below forecast

August saw mixed performance in retail, with turnover up 0.1 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest monthly report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Property 01 Sep 2014

Aldi jumps in on $50m Innaloo cinema revamp

Revised plans for a $50 million revamp of Innaloo Cinema Centre include an Aldi discount supermarket and restaurant, small bar and other hospitality tenancies in the place of a bowling alley previo

Agribusiness 22 Jul 2014

Govt grants free Royal Show entry to children

The state government has invested $2 million to support Western Australian agriculture by granting free entry to the IGA Perth Royal Show and local Royal Agriculture Society-affiliated shows for children aged 12 years and younger.

Opinion 15 Jul 2014

Business, politics as close as ever

Consumer behaviour plays out in business much as it does in the political sphere.

Retail 29 Nov 2013

Coles, IGA complete store swap

Independent grocery group Metcash is set to finalise its first store swap in Western Australia with supermarket giant Coles.

Food & Drink 27 Sep 2013

Latasha’s still cooking

The lack of a bricks and mortar shopfront hasn't stopped one determined Perth businesswoman.

Property 26 Sep 2013

Land values up amid retail site competition

ALDI's imminent arrival in WA and continuing competition between the retail majors has sidelined many retail developers who just can't pay the big prices Coles and Woolworths will shell out for new sites.

19 Mar 2013

From spreadsheets to supermarkets

STEVE Carre has walked both sides of the business street - in big and small firms - and believes there's a touch of arrogance about the former's failure to recognise the value of the latter.

Special Reports 09 Jul 2008

Majors hurt margins

The growing dominance of the major supermarket chains has had a significant effect on Western Australian food producers.

Financial Services 28 May 2008

In Brief: IGA secures show sponsorship deal

SUPERMARKET group IGA has secured the naming rights for the Royal Agricultural Society of WA's 2008 Perth Royal Show.

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