Retail One-Stop

LIQUOR RETAILING GETS TOUGHER

Massive discounts by large liquor chains might be good news for wine lovers but it makes for very tough competition at the retail level. More...

DAN MURPHY’S TURNS UP THE HEAT IN ADELAIDE

Dan Murphy’s is planning to open four new superstores in Adelaide as part of a part of a plan to build its nationwide presence from 25 to 80 stores within five years. More...

REJECT SHOP DEBUTS AT A DISCOUNT

Shares in the Reject Shop closed at $1.94, some six cents below their issue price, when the stock made its debut.

The shares were issued at $2 each in the company’s $44 million float. More...

MORE FOODLAND RUMOURS

While Woolworths has played down rumours that it has designs on Foodland, there has been speculation in the Australian Financial Review that Foodland would be keen to get its hands on Metcash Trading. More...

MILLER’S SLASHES PROFIT FORECAST

Shares in Miller’s Retail fell to their lowest level in over four years to $1.30 after the company revealed its full year earnings before interest and tax would be between $48 million and $52 million. More...

COSTS OF RFID TO COME DOWN

US-based market research firm Venture Development Corporation has said that global shipments of RFID hardware to support supply chain management applications – which topped the US$89 million mark in 2002 – will continue to grow at a compounded rate of about 38 percent a year through to 2007. More...

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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.

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