Australian retail
AUSTRALIA: Coles Myer posts 10.5% rise in earnings
Australian retail group Coles Myer Ltd has posted a 10.5% rise in half-year net profit after tax (NPAT) to A$484.5m,…
Spotlight on private label as Oz catches up with Europe
Private label is stealing a march on brand names, and nowhere is this truer than in the food sector. Grocers…
AUSTRALIA: Private label goes up-market
The proportion of own brand products is set to rise in Australia, as the nation’s two largest supermarket chains push…
Can own-label products help Coles catch up?
In the second part of this week’s focus on the Australian food retail market, David Robertson looks at Woolworths’ main…
Woolworths’ domination looks set to continue
With 76% of Australia’s food retail market, just two companies, Woolworths and Coles, dominate the region. In a two-part review,…