PLASTIC BAGS ON THE NOSE
The Action supermarket from Western Australia has recently become
part of a national voluntary code for reducing the use of plastic
bags in retail outlets.
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COLES CEO SCOTCHES FOODLAND RUMOURS
Anyone who watched the Business Sunday program last weekend may
have noticed that John Fletcher, the CEO of Coles Myer, was fairly
dismissive about rumours that the company might acquire Foodland.
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COLES RAVES ABOUT PETROL SCHEME
Coles Myer says the rollout of its network of discount fuel retail
outlets will have a positive impact on the company's bottom line.
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PETROL SALES SCHEMES HURTING SMALLER PLAYERS
While both Coles and Woolies are saying that its petrol schemes
are working wonders by driving shoppers into their stores, some
smaller petrol outlets are not so happy.
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FEBRUARY NOT GREAT FOR RETAILERS
The Cashcard Retail Activity Index showed that Retail Spending in
February rose 0.3% Seasonally Adjusted, whilst growth rates of 0.4%
remained in line with January 2004 results, also 0.4%.
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RETAIL SALES DOWN
Australian retail sales for January 2004 totalled $A15.75 billion
which represents a drop of 21.6 per when compared with the previous
month - December 2003.
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SEVEN DAY TRADING - GOOD FOR SOME BUT NOT OTHERS
While stats from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate that
retail trade in Tassie has surpassed the national average because of
its "courageous" decision (in the words of the acting
Premier of that state) to deregulate trading hours, others are not so
chuffed.
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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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