Today
Repco outshines takeover target Bapcor in weaker auto market
The chief executive of US giant Genuine Parts says the Repco business in Australasia is growing faster than the overall market, including against rival Bapcor.
- Simon Evans
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Coles and Woolies can tap an $800m profit pool. It may be controversial
The media businesses of Australia’s supermarket giants are set to keep growing. But that may not excite suppliers as much as investors.
- James Thomson
How much is The Inspired Unemployed’s Better Beer worth? $80m
Despite the failure of one of the company’s biggest shareholders, ASX-listed Mighty Craft, the zero carb brewery has recorded a jump in sales over the year.
- Simon Evans
Claims of Super Retail office relationship cover-up head to court
Two former senior executives have filed their Fair Work action, alleging they were unfairly dismissed from the company behind the Rebel Sport chain.
- Carrie LaFrenz and David Marin-Guzman
- Sponsored
- Ferrero
Family first: how three global brands began as family-run ventures
Good business is all in famiglia for these iconic Italian companies
Sponsored
by Ferrero
Supplier survey suggests Coles has outperformed Woolworths all year
Ahead of financial updates from the major supermarkets next month, suppliers say Coles and Aldi are picking up market share over their rivals, small and large.
- Carrie LaFrenz
This Month
Mighty Craft collapses after calling off merger with Better Beer
The ASX-listed beverages group owns 33 per cent of the brewery, backed by The Inspired Unemployed. But it has fallen into administration, appointing Ankura.
- Simon Evans
Bombed out retailers stage comeback ahead of results season
There is plenty of pressure on household budgets, but retailers from Universal Store to shoe chain owner Accent Group say trading is picking up.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Joanne Tran
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What Guzman y Gomez can learn from the Domino’s disaster
Domino’s’ latest downgrade tells a story about long-term growth plans that investors in Guzman y Gomez should take note of.
- James Thomson
- Updated
- Food
Domino’s shuts dozens of stores, dumps big growth target
The company told shareholders it would close stores in Japan and France and warned that the “timing of achieving the long-term outlook was under review”.
- Updated
- Kylar Loussikian
- Exclusive
- Private equity
Viral beauty brand Coco & Eve snares $100m American PE investment
The company, marketed as vegan and cruelty-free, was founded in 2018 by Emily Hamilton and sells a range of hair, self-tan and body care products.
- Carrie LaFrenz
General Pants Co’s dispute with creditor ‘resolved’
A winding-up application against the youth fashion retailer, owned by Richard Facioni’s Alquemie Group, is expected to be dismissed on Wednesday.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
EBOS chews over Quadrant’s pet food biz Prime100
Quadrant has brought in Houlihan Lokey for the strategic review of Prime100 which is a supplier to Greencross’ Petbarn retail chain.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Analysis
- Retail
Can Bob East finally find a woman to sit on Cettire’s board?
The addition of investment banker Jon Gidney last week – the first to be added to the board since it listed on the ASX – only highlights the company’s needs.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Blundy’s Accent Group plots overseas expansion with Nude Lucy
The move would be the first time that the company, better known for its shoe brands including Platypus and The Athlete’s Foot, has operated in another market.
- Carrie LaFrenz
The ACCC’s new target | What makes an elite CEO | Earnings season predictions
This week on the Chanticleer podcast, Anthony and special guest companies editor Vesna Poljak look at the ACCC’s latest target, discuss what makes an elite CEO, and make some predictions on earnings season.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The Good Guys debacle reveals inflation’s unexpected consequence
When inflation peaked at 7.8 per cent 18 months ago, no one could’ve predicted how it would affect some of our big brands.
- Anthony Macdonald
Not so Good Guys: Electronics chain misled shoppers for years, says ACCC
Customers at the JB Hi-Fi-owned chain may have purchased items which they might not have done otherwise, according to ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Insolvency
Booktopia’s outsized ACCC penalty may have sped up its decline
The ACCC secured $20 million in fines against Meta, Facebook’s parent. If the fine was proportionally the same size as Booktopia’s, it would have been $82 billion.
- Aaron Patrick
Shipping crises ‘spanner in works’ for inflation fight
Australian consumers and retailers are facing long delays and higher prices for goods from Europe and Asia amid an international shipping crisis that could stoke local inflation.
- Tom Rabe and Jenny Wiggins
