Recent reports show Woolworths and Coles are managing to hold smaller competitors at bay – in part by adopting a strategy from their rival, Aldi.
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The new law targeting supermarket prices will be tough to apply. But it does put the big supermarkets on notice that their pricing practices are being watched.
The effects won’t be immediately visible. But many of these jobs are entry points for young graduates and early-career professionals: our future business leaders.
Small stores, local produce and the return of the personal shopping assistant: supermarkets are starting to look like they did in the 1800s.
These cases will set the rules for what ‘truth in advertising’ means in Australia – and how closely buyers will need to beware discount price claims.
Olive was meant to make shopping easier. Instead it’s mouthing off about its ‘mother’ and mistaking the price of basic items.
The Federal Court will have to decide whether Coles’ ‘Down Down’ discounts were genuine, or crossed a line into misleading conduct.
Starting later this year, Woolworths shoppers will able to use AI to plan meals and even add items to their carts. It’s convenient – but with potential hidden costs.
The ban marks a departure from Australia’s traditional approach of preserving competitive processes rather than regulating prices directly.
If this is where retail security is headed, it could have unwelcome, unintended consequences for millions of Australians.
A state-owned, ‘no frills’ competitor would have one goal: to move commodities efficiently from producers to consumers as cheaply as possible.
‘Set-off’ arrangements are an agreement to bundle certain entitlements owed under awards into higher base rates of pay.
Local food networks have an important role to play in the promised national food security strategy, which must resist the influence of corporate interests
The long-awaited, 441-page final report also doesn’t recommend new divestiture powers or breaking up the supermarkets.
Despite the hopes pinned on international supermarket brands, the answer to New Zealand’s supermarket woes lies with breaking up the companies that are already here.
By simplifying its range, Coles is moving a step closer to Aldi’s strategy.
The use of AI and wearable technologies to speed up work and monitor employees is becoming more widespread in businesses around the world.
Some companies may be able to improve their efficiency in the short term, but aggressive surveillance can also backfire.
Workers say strict performance targets based on “engineered standards” increase stress and may reduce safety.
New Zealanders have less choice over their grocery shop than consumers in most developed countries. Breaking up the existing supermarket conglomerates would be a next logical step.
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, College of Business, University of Sharjah
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
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Competition Lawyer; Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University
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Associate Dean, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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