Australia

Australia's Retail Sales Firm For Three Months As Consumer Mood Brightens

Australian retail sales firmed for a third straight month in October as tax cuts flowed through to wage packets and consumers became more confident that in...

Australia Introduces Bill Imposing Fines For Supermarket Misconduct

The Australian government has introduced a bill into parliament that would impose potentially billion-dollar fines on big supermarket chains.

Coles Commissions WITRON For New Ambient Automated Distribution Centre

Coles Group Limited is investing $880 million to develop a new ambient Automated Distribution Centre (ADC) in Truganina, Victoria in partnership with WITRO...

Food Companies Sell Products That Are Less Healthy In Poorer Countries, Says Report

The world’s biggest food and beverage companies on average sell products in low-income countries that are less healthy than what they sell in high-in...

Coles Add Electric Prime Mover Truck To Grocery Delivery Network

Coles has become Australia's first retailer to introduce an electric prime mover truck to its transportation network, with the heavy-duty vehicle now deliv...

Australian Grocer Woolworths Warns Food Earnings To Fall As Shoppers Seek Bargains

Australian grocer Woolworths warned first-half profit from its main Australian food division would dip as a hunt for bargains and intense scrutiny of super...

Australia Takes Legal Action Against Grocery Giants Woolworths And Coles

Australia's consumer watchdog has accused the country's two largest supermarket chains of misleading shoppers about discounts on hundreds of products, tigh...

Rains Lift Australian Farm Confidence, Rabobank Survey Shows

Improved rainfall across much of Australia has lifted farmers' confidence in the future of the agricultural economy from low levels three months ago, a qua...