Latest Australia Retail News
- Volkswagen & Peugot distributor improves performance 8 Sep 2008 04:30 GMT
... from IBS is part of Inchcape Motors Australia’s strategy of transforming its business... Inchcape Motors ... has also built gateways into the various retailing and CRM systems operated by the car ... being supported with significant investment in a retail infrastructure and is consistent with changes to ...
- Origin, ConocoPhillips in $9.6b LNG jv 8 Sep 2008 03:32 GMT
... Origin Energy, Australia's second largest power retailer, has unveiled a $9.6 billion liquefied natural ... King said the transaction would "transform" the company and provide the group with the "financial ...
- Shares surge after Freddie, Fannie rescue 8 Sep 2008 03:31 GMT
... per cent, to $32.00. Commonwealth Bank of Australia firmed $2.46, or 5.91 per cent, to ... Media added four cents to $3.29, News Corp - which is the parent company of ... were 23 cents higher to $16.82. The retail sector was mixed. Woolworths added 14 cents to ...
- An Aussie Mac won't help home buyers 8 Sep 2008 03:17 GMT
... help home buyers Sep 07, 2008 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX News ... Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, to lower retail mortgage interest rates. However, in the US, ... government guarantee allowed them to dominate the market but they are undercapitalised after the economic ...
- Questions Over China's Steel, As Inflation Eases 8 Sep 2008 03:13 GMT
... that the intense competition in the Chinese retail market is forcing companies to eat profit margin ... household appliance and automobile industries, according to industry experts. "Yang Siming, general manager of Nanjing ... is trying to get pricing parity with Australian iron ore exports. Steel industry sources in ...
- DIARY: RBA, Stats To Dominate 8 Sep 2008 03:13 GMT
... reports from around the world: the US, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and China will all ... home sales, the trade balance, consumer sentiment, retail sales and producer prices are due for release. ... reduce the size of the survey of retailers used to produce the numbers by two ...
- Metcash's Solid Gain 8 Sep 2008 03:13 GMT
... the last two and a bit weeks Australia's third retailer, Metcash, has seen a significant ... from the competition regulators inquiry into grocery retailing and the Federal Government's regulatory response. Metcash ... it, it would have given Woolies three retail outlets in the city (two supermarkets and ...
- Midday Market Roundup 04/09/2008 8 Sep 2008 03:13 GMT
... stocks down 1.7% on concerns about an industry inventory glut. Both BHP and RIO down ... terms of trade this FY buffeting the Australian economy. The SEEK Employment Index– is showing ... $1 billion following strong investor demand. "Both retail and institutional investors have responded positively to the ...
- Midday Market Roundup 05/09/2008 8 Sep 2008 03:13 GMT
... collecting unemployment benefits hit a five-year high. Retail sales report negative suggesting consumers continued to cut ... in resources and commodities including selling illiquid Australian resources holdings built up over years of ... over the coming years, taking the entire company to a new level of opportunity." ABC ...
- Behind The Rate Cut 8 Sep 2008 03:13 GMT
... for the first time since 1993, but business investment strong, especially in mining. But it ... since December 2001 the Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates, with the official ... and business confidence to recessionary levels, falling retail sales volumes in the March and June ...
- Research and Markets Adds Report: Australia-Mobile Retail Market 8 Sep 2008 02:54 GMT
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- Henry Thornton : Australian cheer 8 Sep 2008 02:53 GMT
... “... Overall, what we see in the Australian financial scene is an order of magnitude ... big week for local economic statistics, with retail sales and labor market data to come. ... theme. Subdued spending by consumers with strong business investment is just what the doctor ordered, ...
- Australian cheer 8 Sep 2008 02:53 GMT
... “... Overall, what we see in the Australian financial scene is an order of magnitude ... big week for local economic statistics, with retail sales and labor market data to come. ... theme. Subdued spending by consumers with strong business investment is just what the doctor ordered, ...
- Industry develops mulesing alternative 8 Sep 2008 02:53 GMT
... The wool industry has developed chemical alternatives to the controversial ... pressure from animal rights groups and international retailers to ban the way producers traditionally combat ... the way producers traditionally combat flystrike in Australia. Skin is sliced from the buttocks of ...
- Asian Markets Soar 4% on Fannie, Freddie Bailout 8 Sep 2008 02:52 GMT
... Mac . Hong Kong, South Korea and Australia extended gains, surging over 4 percent. The ... , which supplies consumer goods to U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart, gained over 8 percent higher after the company said it would sell $500 million worth ...
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