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MUCH of the credit for the recent success of one of Australia's biggest retailers, Woolworths, is given to Reg Clairs, who climbed the retail ranks all the way from retail trainee to chief executive.

XSTRATA'S low-ball takeover bid for WMC is stirring emotions.

WESFARMERS chief Michael Chaney describes Joe Boros as one of the country's best retailers.

FOREST Hill Vineyard chief executive and chief winemaker Larry Cherubino has left the Denmark winery.

IT may seem a simple, or rather obvious, business strategy but Patrick Stephenson puts much of his success with the Liberty Liquors chain down to communication and marketing.

A NEW label based in Denmark has found a niche market with the recent production of its first vintage of preservative-free wines.

WESTERN Australia's current trading hours regime is an impost to business, according to several big names in the State's retail landscape.

CHRISTIAN Tinelli might not be as well known as his father, Umberto, but then again he's only a relative newcomer to managing hospitality businesses.

ROBYN Ahern took a job in the family business, department store Aherns, to earn some money to finance a bit of overseas travel.

SO it's out with the chef and in with the critic for the next series of Channel Seven's reality TV series My Restaurant Rules.

THE owners of several prominent Perth buildings have made modifications to incorporate sustainable principles ahead of the release by the Green Building Council of Australia of its sustainability guidelines.

THE ability to specialise in a range of areas that combine to form a targeted business plan has served Julian Walter well throughout his career. 

DESPITE a heated construction market, cost increases in labour and materials are eroding profits for some builders, particularly in the residential sec

THE investment flow in the business relationship between Western Australia and Malaysia appears to be very much in WA's favour.

REMEMBER when your mother warned you about buying cheap shoes? “They'll fall apart, dear,” are the words that ring in your ears. Well, mother's words are ringing loudly in the ears of Planning Minister, Alannah MacTiernan, as she contemplates what to do w

YOU just got a testimonial. Great.It was from your best customer, saying how great you are.

WHILE Margaret River and wine have a long-standing connection in terms of recognition throughout Australia and around the world, the neighbouring town of Witchcliffe has not been so fortunate.

MUST Winebar has received the State award at the 2004 Australia's Wine List of the Year Awards, coordinated by Tucker Seabrook and held in Sydney las

NEW FACE: Geoff Hayward's The Brisbane will open this week, providing one more reason to enjoy summer in Highgate.

MIKE Folwell returned to his home town of Perth in 2002 after a 25-year absence, boasting an impressive CV and a reputation for getting the job done.

THANKS to the growing number of diners looking to eat a little later than may be considered usual, Tsunami proprietor Brett Carbone has decided to keep

MIKE Folwell is an achiever, and while his style may not be flamboyant, it's very effective.

IT'S no secret that Prime Minister John Howard and his inner Liberal sanctum want Labor's Mark Latham to stay on as Labor leader for as long as possible.

I AM thinking of starting a special Monday watch column to analyse the news we have suffered with at the start of the week.

I WAS extremely pleased to see that I was not the only one to be neglectful in my responsibilities toward my chosen airline and their need to make a pr

IN Western Australia we have a water shortage, apparently.

GROWING demand for mineral sands is allowing Iluka to secure much-needed price increases.

WHEN Iluka's long-time CEO Malcom Macpherson's left the company in late 2001, chairman Ian Mackenzie thought he knew what the company needed.

Two diseases that threatened to devastate the State's $200 million-a-year lupin industry have been stalled, thanks to the work of Department of Agriculture molecular geneticist Hu

Getting Western Australia more active may not seem like the easiest job in the world but it is one the Find Thirty Campaign team took on with a vengean

In Western Australia's most comprehensive executive salary survey, Mark Beyer looks behind the headline numbers to find the State's best value chief executives.