Sunday 4 December 2016

Latest Retail News – 4/12/2016


Latest Retail News – 4/12/2016
1. Woolworths sets up a special team to deal with Amazon threat.
2. Metcash (IGA) says Home Timber & H’ware purchase and flat trading have impacted on profits.
3. Fashion retailer, Decjuba, continues expansion with store rollouts.
4. JB HiFi completes Good Guys takeover.
5. Red Rooster implements national delivery service.
6. Chemist Warehouse ordered to back pay millions for “unpaid” training.
7. Phillip Morris launches smokeless cigarette that heats tobacco but doesn’t burn.
8. US research firm says Thanksgiving weekend sales at retail stores fell 10% compared with 2015.