Bunnings
News and interviews on Bunnings including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Woolworths to launch hardware giant Masters tomorrow – 10 strategy lessons from Bunnings’ new rivalWednesday, 31 August 2011
Australia is on the brink of a war – for the hearts and minds of tradies, DIY-ers and sausage-sizzle-loving hardware consumers around the country. ...
Woolworths names new hardware chain, market competition tipped to hurt smaller players
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
After months of speculation, supermarket giant Woolworths has now confirmed its new multi-billion hardware chain will indeed be called Masters, with 14 big-box stores now under construction and 150 sites targeted within the next three years. ...
Woolworths makes complaint against Bunnings as hardware war heats up
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Supermarket giant Woolworths has confirmed that is has lodged a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over the behaviour of the Bunnings hardware chain, which is owned by West Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers. ...
Rescuing retail
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
The retail news is bad – consumer spending is dropping and the remaining customers are going online, eBay is taunting the big retailers who in turn are threatening to set up China-based online stores. ...
Opposition calls on Swan to limit mortgage rate movements beyond BRA rises: Economy Roundup
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has called on the Government to stop banks from lifting interest rates above and beyond any movements by the Reserve Bank of Australia. He called on the use of legislation to do so, if necessary. ...
Costco says Australian expansion being held back by Coles and Woolworths
Monday, 11 October 2010
The chief financial officer and executive vice-president of US retail giant Costco has taken a swipe at Australia's major supermarket chains, accusing Coles and Woolworths of trying to slow down Costco's Australian expansion. ...
Hardware retailers’ expansion battle may put pressure on commercial rents, expert warns
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Commercial property and land prices may face some upwards pressure as part of an expansion war currently being fought between giant retailers searching for unusually large warehouse-size blocks, one expert warns. ...
Dollar reaches two-year high at US96c, Shares post good gains: Economy Roundup
Monday, 27 September 2010
The Australian dollar has continued to rise, breaking through the US96c barrier overnight to reach a two-year high. The dollar is now at its highest point since it reached US97.92c in July 2008. ...
Shop around the corner and shop around the world
Monday, 27 September 2010
It has been a busy couple of weeks as we begin the run up to Christmas 2010. In the past week I attended the SmartCompany Smart50 Awards high above Collins Street, Melbourne and spoke at the Retail 2010 Australian Retailers Association (ARA) Conference down ...
Tech industry dominates Australia’s most loved brands, new survey reveals
Friday, 24 September 2010
The tech industry is dominating the list of Australia's most-loved brands because they offer simple promises, deliver them and differentiate themselves from competitors, one Australian market expert says. ...
Woolworths hardware stores could help local retailers, experts say
Monday, 13 September 2010
Local retailers will benefit from a proposed Woolworths hardware store in Geelong, but they need to offer more than a better price and start giving more personalised and professional attention to customers, one expert warns. ...
The changing face of Father’s Day
Monday, 06 September 2010
Father's Day used to be about socks and jocks, but the mood and sentiment is definitely changing. While within retail more money is spent on Mother's Day, the wave of recognition for fathers is definitely growing, as the modern day father is increasingly involved ...
Lessons from 10 business disasters
Monday, 23 August 2010
The saga that enveloped the Direct Factory Outlets chain and its wealthy owners David Goldberger, David Wieland and Graeme Samuels, has once again underlined the warning that should be used for an Australia-wide business safety campaign: debt kills. ...
How Kmart's comeback is disrupting the retail sector: Bartholomeusz
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
It has been apparent as this year developed that conditions within the discount end of department store retailing have become increasingly torrid and volatile. ...
Wesfarmers announces Coles sales up 4.3%: Economy Roundup
Monday, 26 July 2010
Retail giant Wesfarmers has recorded better-than-expected annual sales growth at its Coles supermarket chain, with sales up 4.3% to $29.7 billion compared to the previous financial year. ...
Angus Irwin
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Where there’s muck, there’s money. Just ask Angus Irwin, founder and managing director of South Australian fertiliser company Neutrog Australia, which is one of Australia’s largest producers of organic fertiliser, turning over more than $11 million a year. ...
Louise Schultze
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Today we are talking with Louise Schultze, founder of online marketplace iBidAM.com, which helps connect SMEs with Australian suppliers of advertising and marketing services. The site, which was started in early 2008, was recently valued at $10 million and ...
Woolworths profit up 11%, announces $400 million share buyback
Friday, 26 February 2010
Supermarket giant Woolworths recorded an 11.4% increase in first-half profit and will launch a $400 million share buyback. ...
Victorian Government fast-tracks Woolworths/Lowe’s hardware assault
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Supermarket giant Woolworths plans to challenge the Wesfarmers-owned Bunnings chain for control of Australia's lucrative DIY market are off to a flying start, with the Victorian Government fast-tracking approval for 12 sites in and around Melbourne. ...
How I... started an international business with $100
Friday, 19 February 2010
Andrew Gorecki emigrated from Poland to Australia in 1981 with $100 in his pocket. Now he is the managing director of Retail Directions, a company supplying point-of-sale software to over 50 retail companies with 70 brands, including Just Jeans, the Body Shop, ...
