WESTERN Australia's retail trading hours may remain unchanged until after the next election, but independent retailers are bracing themselves for potential industry fall-out caused by Coles Myer's entry into the fuel market in the State.
NATIONAL retail giant Coles Myer has revealed it may have paid three times more than “fair value” in its takeover of WA-linked Australian Liquor Group – amounting to a potential loss of up to $36.4 million.