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Coles: deep pockets and short memories
Richard Goyder, CEO of Wesfarmers, this week proudly announced yet another stellar sales result from Coles supermarkets. Gone is the “nice guy” rhetoric used diffuse the claims that our duopoly...
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Retailers behaving badly
This week seems to have a monumental week for retailer stupidity. First we had Bernie Brooks, CEO of Myer, complaining that an extra few cents a day from each Australian to fund a National Disability...
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Retailers are no friends of local manufacturers
There is a very real chance that food manufacturer Simplot will close two factories in Australia and source product from Thailand and New Zealand. This is not something that Simplot wants to do; it...
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Does the ACCC want food producers to collude?
In a bizarre statement from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the General Manager of Enforcement and Compliance has suggested that food suppliers bargain collectively with...
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Is the ACCC a toothless tiger?
Those who follow this blog might remember my complaint a few weeks ago about retailers stealing intellectual property. While doing my weekly shopping, I picked up what I assumed to be a Campbell’s...
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