ALDI NOW IN CANE TOAD LAND
After successfully establishing a foothold in New South Wales and
Victoria, it comes as no surprise that Aldi has turned its attention
to Queensland.
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RETAILERS CUTTING WINE BRANDS
Retailers are reducing the number of brands they stock on their
shelves while simultaneously paying lower wholesale prices for wine.
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MARKS AND SPARKS REJECTS BID
Despite the fact that retail entrepreneur Philip Green has upped
his takeover offer for Mark and Spencer - commonly known as Marks and
Sparks - he hasn't exactly been welcomed with open arms by the folk
at M & S.
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AND IT ALL STARTED WITH ONE SMALL SHOP
Thanks to the merging of Westfield Holdings with Westfield Trust
and Westfield America, Westfield is now a $27 billion company.
Not a bad achievement for a company that began life as one small
shop in Sydney.
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ENVIRO FRIENDLY SUPERMARKET CHAINS
Nice to see another article about efforts to reduce the number of
plastic bags in our environment - given that Australians get through
some 20 million disposable plastic bags each year.
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SURVEY OF EXECS REVEALS ALL ABOUT RFID
Most IT executives have not yet adopted radio frequency
identification technology, but they’re learning about the
technology and how they can use it.
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WAL-MART SHARES ON THE SLIDE
Shares of Wal-Mart dropped by US$0.40 after the world’s
largest retailer lowered its June same-store sales forecast.
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OZEFAX MAKES COLES MORE EXPRESS
Coles Express has enlisted the services of Ozefax to streamline
communications between its 120 Queensland locations. Using the 'Email
to fax' solution Coles Express creates one email which then issues a
customised fax to each location.
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Close
This bulletin is edited and compiled by retail commentator John Kingsley-Jones.
John has worked as an Editor, Chief Sub-Editor
and journalist in magazines and newspapers both
in Australia and overseas.
In the past 15 years, he has consulted to a
range of companies and brands such as Unilever,
Mars Confectionery, TipTop, Tooheys, McWilliam's
Wines, Goodyear and BMW.
That's it for this issue of the Retail One-Stop. If you
have any questions or comments please give us a call on 02 9419 8356 or email us
on info@eps.net.au.
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