Australian businesses are being forced to scrutinise their supply chains after reports of unsafe conditions and workers being beaten have em…
Australian businesses are being forced to scrutinise their supply chains after reports of unsafe conditions and workers being beaten have em…
Department store giant Target will shut down its Melbourne distribution centre and cut 100 jobs in the process, as the company attempts to t…
At the helm of a $58 billion-a-year industrial conglomerate, Richard Goyder has narrowed a wide job description as managing director of Wesf…
You’ve got to admire the way Myer’s chief executive Bernie Brookes continues to talk the talk. In an environment that has been incre…
Strong performances from Coles, Bunnings and Kmart have bumped Wesfarmers net profit after tax for the year up to $2.126 billion. The res…
Wesfarmers has recorded an increase in net profit of 11% for the 2011-12 financial year, on the back of strong sales in its Coles division. …
Yesterday’s dip in retail sales is yet another bit of bad news for a beleaguered sector. Poor old Russell Zimmerman, head of the Austral…
Kmart chief executive Guy Russo has said he’s not thinking about the internet just yet, preferring to focus on the in-store experience so cu…
Kmart boss Guy Russo has delivered a blunt message to Australia’s retailers: Your business models are outdated and you’re charging consumers…
This article first appeared August 4, 2011. You think times are tough? Kmart’s managing director Guy Russo has seen tougher, particularly wh…
I have spent much of the past couple of months visiting stores in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and I’ve seen that there is a lot going o…
You think times are tough? Kmart’s managing director Guy Russo has seen tougher, particularly when the GST was introduced. Russo argue…