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Capturing the ‘mallmaxxing’ aesthetic is teen classic Mean Girls.

RetailPremium‘Mallmaxxing’: Gen Z is bringing back malls from near-death

Against all odds, Australia’s most-digitally native generation is leading an unexpected return to malls.

Cheyanne Enciso

CreditorWatch attributed WA’s low insolvency rate for retail to the State’s strong economy.

RetailPremiumBrands winning (and losing) the cost of living shopping war

There’s a new era of consumer spending in Australia, where rising inflation and a property market slump is boosting budget brands and discount retailers. So, who’s doing it better than the rest?

Karen Leigh and Joe Flynn

New figures show that during August, almost one in four new vehicles sold was fully electric. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

AutomotivePremiumElectric cars outsell petrol rivals for the first time

Fuel prices are up and so are electric vehicle sales, with Australian drivers now buying more battery-powered cars than either petrol or diesel models.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

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RetailPremiumAmazon’s huge job bonanza for sales rush

Retirees, students and jobseekers are all in the mix as Amazon chases 3000 seasonal workers across Australia at about $35 an hour ahead of Christmas.

William Elliott

It was not so long ago limoncello. was the flavour of summer.

Herd on the TerracePremiumSurprise change in West Aussies’ booze habits

WA’s days of necking Emu Export cans on Matilda Bay foreshore appear to be fading in the sunset. Plus: Why four big holes in the ground near Collie are about to burn a giant hole in your pocket.

Ken MacKenzie will be just the 12th chair of the $87.5  billion company in its 112 years.

RetailPremiumThanks a million! Incoming Wesfarmers chair tops up holding

The incoming chair of Wesfarmers has bulked up his stake in the retail and chemicals juggernaut.

Daniel Newell

Deloitte expects discretionary spending to bear the brunt of the slowdown.

RetailPremiumAustralian retailers can expect to feel chill in the air

Australian retailers are facing a frosty outlook ahead as relief from the fuel excise reduction and a wave of discounts, which helped cushion household budgets, fade.

Cheyanne Enciso

The consumer watchdog recalled the diesel engine part over fears it could cause death.

Retail‘RISK OF DEATH’: Oil filter recall affecting 4WD owners

The consumer watchdog recalled the diesel engine part over fears it could cause death.

Tegwen Bescoby

Collins Foods managing director Xavier Simonet.

RetailPremiumExtended late-night trading fails to boost sales at KFC

Late-night trading hours at hundreds of KFC restaurants in Australia may not have provided as much of a sales boost as some analysts expected.

Cheyanne Enciso

Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr is Michael Hill’s global ambassador.

RetailPremiumTills are ringing for jewellery retailer Michael Hill

Jewellery retailer Michael Hill is banking on the all-important Black Friday and Christmas promotional periods to keep its sales momentum going.

Cheyanne Enciso

Jayne Hrdlicka has been in the top job at Endeavour since January 1.

RetailPremiumHrdlicka’s splurge on Endeavour amid her painful restructure

Endeavour chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka has shown her confidence in the embattled Dan Murphy’s owner as she drives its painful restructure by buying nearly $1 million worth of company shares.

Cheyanne Enciso

Coles and Woolworths are now vying for your artificial intelligence-fuelled spending.

RetailPremiumColes, Woolies are now vying for your AI-fuelled spending

Forget the traditional Saturday morning trip to the supermarket — Coles and Woolworths are now vying for your artificial intelligence-fuelled spending.

Cheyanne Enciso

Veteran retailer Gerry Harvey says businesses are over-regulated.

RetailPremium‘When is it going to stop?’ Gerry Harvey rounds on red tape

Veteran retailer Gerry Harvey has slammed Australia’s excessive government regulation he says has nothing do with selling a fridge and is seemingly ‘getting worse everyday’.

Cheyanne Enciso

Move over Aussie housing! Bunnings Bears are making whopper capital gains.

Herd on the TerracePremiumBunnings bears test corporate memories at Wesfarmers

Bunnings’ mystery box bears have become this year’s hottest asset class but we reckon Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott is not a connoisseur. Plus: Ellison’s Mauritanian manoeuvres, and a Hakea headache.

Sigma will add 13 Chemist Warehouse stores in Australia by the end of this calendar year and even more overseas.

HealthPremiumPharmacy giant opening more stores as weight-loss drugs boom

The owner of Chemist Warehouse is riding a boom in weight-loss drugs, saying customers are also walking out of the stores laden with other complementary purchases.

Rebecca Le May

Kmart opened a new 3000sqm home concept store called K Home in Melbourne in June.

RetailPremiumKmart to rollout more K Home and Philippines stores

Kmart is looking to rollout more standalone homeware stores across the country as well as open additional locations in the Philippines under the booming Anko brand.

Cheyanne Enciso

Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott.

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Wesfarmers boss doubles down on ‘everyday low price’ promise

Wesfarmers’ Rob Scott has doubled down on its promise to keep prices low at the retail conglomerate as consumers face the threat of another interest rate hike following stronger-than-expected inflation figures.

Cheyanne Enciso

A strong Bunnings result has lifted Wesfarmers profits. NewsWire / John Appleyard

BUSINESSPremiumProof Aussies can’t get enough of Bunnings

Retail conglomerate Wesfarmers has defied a cost-of-living crisis as more Australians shop with two of its biggest brands.

Cameron Micallef

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EXCLUSIVEPremiumTriple threat pushing small businesses to the brink

Aussie retailers are cutting stock levels and bracing for a weaker Christmas as three major issues take a huge toll.

Blair Jackson

A $39 Kmart item is going viral for a very different reason. Supplied

NewsPremiumX-rated reason $39 Kmart item goes viral

The device is supposed to be used to aid mothers who have trouble with breastfeeding, but it went viral for a very different reason.

Alexandra Feiam

Domino's Pizza has made dramatic changes to the business after realising its discounts had been too aggressive - and some of its franchisees were not making a decent income.

RetailPremiumDomino’s slumps to big loss after slashing discounts

The fast food chain is using WA as a test market for slashing aggressive discounting and say the strategy is starting to pay off under a dramatic company restructure including up to 60 store closures.

Rebecca Le May

Woolworths says the new financial year is off to a flying start, boosted by the runaway success of its Ooshies collectibles campaign.

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Woolies outpaces Coles thanks to Ooshies boost

Woolworths says the new financial year is off to a flying start, boosted by the runaway success of its Ooshies collectibles campaign, as its boss warns value-seeking shopping behaviour is now ‘entrenched’.

Cheyanne Enciso

Supermarket giant Woolworths has released its full year results on Wednesday. NewsWire / Nicki Connolly

BREAKINGPremiumWoolies insane profit surge revealed

Woolworths has banked a huge after-tax profit but would have pocketed nearly half a billion more without its Fair Work underpayment bill.

Cameron Micallef

The CEOs of Coles, Woodside and Rio Tinto have called for less red tape to unlock growth.

BusinessPremiumCompany chiefs take aim at Australia’s excessive red tape

Some of Australia’s biggest company chiefs have taken aim at the nation’s excessive regulatory environment, saying it’s pushing up the cost of doing business and making the country lose its investment edge.

Cheyanne Enciso, Rebecca Le May and Ryan Johnson