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Big supermarket owners escape major change
Retail

Big supermarket owners escape major change

Reassessment of supermarkets' profitability appears to be key to recommended changes to promote competition that are at the lower end of possible interventions.

Pattrick Smellie 08 Mar 2022
Consumers gloomier as omicron shadow looms
Retail

Consumers gloomier as omicron shadow looms

Consumer confidence is at its lowest level since the ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index started in 2004.

Ella Somers 04 Mar 2022
Treasury watching consumer spending as GST misses forecast
Retail

Treasury watching consumer spending as GST misses forecast

The government’s GST revenue fell 0.5% to $14.92 billion in the seven months ended Jan 31 from the same period a year earlier, missing Treasury’s December forecast by $375 million.

Ella Somers 03 Mar 2022
Z energy feels first impact of covid, says petrol will still flow
Retail

Z energy feels first impact of covid, says petrol will still flow

Z prepares for the onset of omicron with a move to automated sites and staff shuffling.

Ian Llewellyn 01 Mar 2022