Once up on a time Coles-Myer was Australia’s largest corporation — what would happen if they gave it another shot?
Long ago, Coles and Myer were star-crossed lovers. Now, after long and winding paths, they're both single again, and more than a little bruised by life.
The two retailers were a single entity between 1985 and 2006, but now find themselves floating round the ASX without a conglomerate to keep them warm at night. They were Australia’s largest corporation -- do they ever look back on that time and dream of what might happen if they gave it another shot?
From Theranos to Snapchat, 2018 was a stand-out year for bad business, but there were some winners.
Salary watch: what is the new CEO of Coles making?
We know how much Steve Cain will rack up in the next year, but what of the influential UK adviser Archie Norman who remains on the books?
Will the media ever stop bloviating over settled facts for the sake of ‘balance’?
To debate facts such as environmental pollution is to introduce the possibility of doubt. We've seen this on the plastic bag ban, and we'll see it again.
There are intelligent thinking people who will not lie down in this distressing world
Guy Rundle's essay on the need to fight the forces against radical evil got readers reflecting.
Razer: Coles’ autism initiative is fine but only because it’s ‘an improvement on zero’
A recent change to 68 supermarkets has been reported in a way that eclipses the need for broad structural changes, writes Helen Razer.
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