Australia's two most powerful supermarket players, Woolworths and Coles, have increased their dominance on a global scale after being named among the top 21 retailers in the world.
Wesfarmers has bucked the job shedding trend with plans to employ more people this year at Coles and its other retail chains, after underwhelming the market with a flat first half profit result.
Shopping centre giant Westfield is upbeat about the future of retail sales in Australia despite overriding consumer caution and economic uncertainty abroad.
A motorists' lobby group says the competition and consumer watchdog has the power to crack down on petrol price gouging by supermarkets and other fuel retailers.
The Western Australian electric scooter company that helps transport postmen in Spain and police in the Czech Republic has announced its first shipment to Malaysia.
Wesfarmers' largest business, Coles, has recorded its best ever Christmas sales in 2011 as the supermarket chain continues to lure customers away from rival Woolworths.
Australian fruit and vegetable growers fear they will become the latest victims in the supermarket price wars after Coles slashed its fresh produce prices.
Woolworths says its first half sales rose five per cent to $29.7 billion despite the supermarket giant facing subdued consumer confidence and falling prices.
Western Australia's resources sector has applauded the now bi-partisan support for Sunday trading, saying the added vibrancy from more open shops may help attract more migrants from the eastern sta
Newly-installed state Labor Leader Mark McGowan has confirmed the party will support the introduction of Sunday trading and will not revoke any approvals for uranium mines in Western Australia, in
Super Retail Group has bucked the general weakness in national retail trade, reporting a solid lift in half year sales and being rewarded with a lift in its share price.
A free smartphone application developed by Consumer Protection will help WA shoppers easily access information about their rights under the new Australian Consumer Law.
Billabong International shares have plunged by over 30 per cent after it forecast a decline in earnings for the first half of the current financial year.
Consumer products retailer JB Hi-Fi has flagged its first fall in earnings despite adding new stores, as the retail slump catches up to the seller of low-priced audio visual products.
One third of Fletcher Jones stores, including its Harbour Town outlet in Perth, will close and 61 staff made redundant as the administrators seek to save the clothing business through a sale.
A University of Western Australia report has found trading hours in WA should be fully deregulated, adding to a recent Productivity Commission report that also advocated deregulation.
Harvey Norman says it did not knowingly mislead consumers when it advertised 3D televisions in regional areas where such broadcasts were not available, although a court has found otherwise.
