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Solomon Lew is a man who normally gets his way: that’s often the case with billionaires, writes James Kirby of Business Spectator.

David Jones announced a dramatic transformation of the beleaguered retail chain, putting a lot of pressure on its chief executive, Paul Zahra.

A drowning retailer in an online world will grab any idea that sounds good and is being used by a peer offshore or at home.

The push by some Australian retailers for the government to apply GST on overseas retail purchases continues in earnest, despite the cost of the proposals.

So what you’re trying to say, Mark McInnes, is that consumers are so scared witless about the carbon tax that their wallets have been hermetically sealed. Uh-huh…

Discussions of PR ethics often suffer from conceptual confusion — about the nature of ethical challenges and the way to deal with them.

It seems rather ironic that the former DJ publicist — and her publicist, Anthony McClellan, from AMC Media — either didn’t anticipate or failed to prevent a storm of adverse publicity surrounding her case.

It’s hard to find too many winners from the Kristy Fraser-Kirk/Mark McInnes imbroglio — certainly not the parties themselves, nor the David Jones shareholders.

We have a generation of Gen Y women who have grown up feeling that they can control their environment and not only do they have the right to say no, but they will take action, writes Amanda Gome.

A $37 million sexual harassment claim launched against David Jones and its former chief executive Mark McInnes has sent shockwaves through Australia’s business community.

Why does a successful CEO — Mark McInnes — get his marching orders for reportedly trying to kiss a staff member, while an unsuccessful one — Malcolm Jackman — hangs on having halved the value of his company in a single day?

A turning organisational wheel always crushes the whistleblower. No wonder so many women just leave instead of complaining about sexual harassment, writes barrister Moira Rayner.

The CEO and board of David Jones are to be commended for their quick and appropriate response to the Mark McInnes scandal. It’s a rare example of a large corporation hitting the mark in a corporate governance sense.

Women have the right to go to work and not face “inappropriate” behaviour from bosses like just-axed David Jones CEO Mark McInnes, writes Amanda Gome.

Gosh, what a big week for women! From paid parental leave to behaviour “unbecoming of a chief executive to a female staff member”, it’s been quite the week.

As Centro implodes a point to keep in mind is the already remarked upon Coles Myer influence in the company. There are some interesting links around a former senior Coles Myer executive and the Centro CEO, Andrew Scott, writes Glenn Dyer.