The Western Australian Farmers Federation says Coles' announcement that it will source more milk from WA is a positive step for the supermarket giant to repair its relationship with the state's dai
Rich thinkingThe Note has a weakness for a gimmick, especially when it involves precious metals, the very bedrock of this state's minerals development history.
Australia's resources-led economic recovery has had a major impact on the pay of WA-based executives, with a big rise in the number of million dollar pay packets as share prices bounced back from GFC lows.
AN industrial site in Canning Vale tenanted by supermarket giant Coles Group is set to become a record transaction for the Perth market, with an expected price tag upwards of $80 million.
BIG box liquor stores have been threatening to overwhelm the traditional players for a decade, much as their hardware counterparts have become dominant in that market.
THE state government has helped to secure major new contracts that will ensure the majority of beef sold to Western Australian consumers in Coles supermarkets is actually produced in WA.
The state government has helped to secure major new contracts that will ensure the majority of beef sold to Western Australian consumers in Coles supermarkets is actually produced in WA.
It's official, Wesfarmers Ltd has become the Western Australia's most valuable company, the state's biggest employer and the nation's biggest retailer with today's implementation of a scheme of arrangement to take over the Coles Group Ltd.
Wesfarmers Ltd has appointed British supermarket baron and former Conservative Party MP, Archie Norman, as an adviser to develop a turnaround plan for the Coles Group Ltd businesses, particularly its
An innovative takeover sweetener for Coles Group Ltd shareholders became all the more important last week when an independent expert's report revealed Wesfarmers Ltd would effectively secure the retailer on the cheap.
Shares in Coles Group Ltd were up 45 cents, or 2.6 per cent, at close of trade today amid reporters suitor Wesfarmers had attempted to increase its stake in the retailer.
In late-breaking news, Wesfarmers Ltd has revealed full-blown plans to buy Coles for $20 billion through a consortium which would carve up the empire - leaving the Perth company with a half stake in the group and full ownership of Officeworks and Target.
The sleeping giant of Western Australia has definitely awoken, with the Perth-based Wesfarmers Ltd confirming it had secured more than 11 per cent of national supermarket player Coles Ltd worth $2.2 billion.
West Leederville will get its first shopping centre in August next year following moves by supermarket giant Coles to anchor a new $30 million retail and office complex under construction at 115 Cambridge Street.
COLES Myer shares reached a record high of $14.80, before closing at $14.62 last Friday, as speculation ran rife about a possible takeover bid by American giant Wal-Mart.
Balcatta-based Orbital Corporation Ltd will pay Coles Myer Ltd $500,000 in a commercial settlement after a Research and Development joint venture between the two went awry.
ASIC has urged Coles Myer Ltd (CML) shareholders to be wary of a recent low-ball offer from Direct Share Purchasing Corporation Pty Ltd to buy their shares for almost half their market value.
Balcatta-based engineering company Orbital Corporation Ltd has said it will defend possible claims against it by Coles Myer Ltd, relating to a syndicated R&D arrangement dating from the mid 1990s.
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.
WITH many of Western Australia's olive oil producers expecting yields between three and eight times those of previous harvests, brand building and distribution strategies have assumed even greater importance than usual.
