Why aren’t Wooworths being open about the fact that the locally owned Thomas Dux ‘corner stores’ are actually a Woolies company? Plus, it is a civil liberty to fly around the country anonymously?
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Woolies booming; stand by for a rate rise
Woolworths has shown why 2007 was a boom year for it and most of its competitors with a 28% rise in first half profit. Not the sort of news you want headlining a week out from a Reserve Bank board meeting that will consider another interest rate rise, writes Glenn Dyer.
ACCC blocks Woolies, market rejoices
A record price for Woolies shares today with the market sending them up to a high of $32.50 after the ACCC blocked the giant from buying Kmart and Officeworks from Coles, if those chains came on the market, writes Glenn Dyer.
Woolies’ ALG in $87m of deals with Mathieson’s ALH
Woolworths, the country’s biggest retailer, has disclosed $87 million worth of related party transactions between it’s ALG group and related companies associated with the CEO of ALH, Bruce Mathieson.
Tips and rumours
Watch this space. EasyCruise.com plans to expand in Australia and NZ Star Cruises also plan to expand operations during 2008/09 to give Australian travellers a choice of cruise lines. Copping the bill. Well a certain foreign Navy training vessel skipped town (Cairns to be precise) with a load of fuel it hadn’t paid for. Their […]
Woolworths asks: how can we enforce grog limits at the checkout?
Under the new alcohol regime in the NT, any licensee or employee of a take-away bottle shop commits an offence if, when selling alcohol with more than 1,350ml of ‘pure’ alcohol content, they do not verify the purchaser’s identity. But how can police and retailers possibly enforce this? writes Bob Gosford.
When will Rudd take a swing at the banks?
Kevin Rudd’s rhetorical swipe at Coles and Woolworths has caused quite a stir and should give great pause to Wesfarmers as it contemplates going over the top to buy into the world’s most concentrated grocery market.
