Retail Industry

The two businesses misled customers into taking out credit cards and paying additional fees in a 60-month interest-free payment scheme, the corporate regulator says.

Resale app users are balancing convenience with overconsumption in the second-hand fashion conversation.

It has been a brutal year for Australian retail, with high rents, wage increases and the cost-of-living squeeze forcing big brands to make some hard calls. Here's why some are still surviving. 

Charity op shops in Geelong are feeling threatened by the arrival of US megastore Savers.

Oil prices soar more than 10 per cent, with analysts saying they could rise further as global supplies reach critically low levels. The ASX is following Wall Street down as the world digests the news.

Developer IFM has submitted plans to demolish the "fragmented" interior of a Queen Street Mall shopping centre and replace it with two levels of shops.

Daniella Jacobs-Herd's mother is furious Temu has been approved for a government "safety pledge" while denying liability for her daughter's life-changing injuries.

This community now no longer needs to travel 100+ kilometres to get their groceries. 

Forty years ago, the chance discovery of a bloodied matinee jacket unravelled a murder conviction. Now, that evidence lives inside a national museum's collection that's too sensitive for public display.

Small Australian fashion designers who have had their designs copied by overseas ultra-fast fashion companies say they have hit continuous roadblocks trying to get support.

Jotika and Sunny Sharma took out a loan to purchase their Sydney franchise in 2015. When the lease expired this year, their relationship with the convenience store giant turned ugly.

Glue Store announces its permanent closure, becoming the latest Australian retailer to fail this year.

Retailer Lincraft will close the remainder of its shopfronts after more than 80 years of providing fabric, materials and homewares to Aussie crafters.

An Adelaide business owner who has been targeted by counterfeiters about a dozen times is warning others to be vigilant, as SA Police warn the number of incidents has increased in the state in the past year. 

A plan by hardware giant Bunnings move its Bunbury store 10km to a neighbouring shire has angered and concerned residents and businesses.

Supermarket giant Woolworths will begin consultations with potentially affected staff today after announcing plans to shift some operations offshore.

It will shut its 62 company-owned stores in the coming weeks and working through "transitional arrangements" with 27 stores owned by franchises, with hundreds of staff facing redundancy.

ASIC tells Senate estimates it has eight active contracts with KPMG, despite the company facing an audit scandal. Meanwhile, the ASX lost ground. Catch up on the day's events and insights in our live markets blog.

One of Australia's most infamous "big things" could be moved to make way for a new supermarket in the NSW Southern Highlands.

Products that may already be banned in Australia are being sold by retail giants including Amazon, Temu, AliExpress and eBay.