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The ‘last kilometre’ between the supermarket and your home remains the most costly and complicated leg of the grocery supply chain.
As Coles and Woolworth turn to UberEats and DoorDash for fast deliveries, supermarket workers feel ‘the gig economy is getting closer’.
In 2020 and 2021 empty supermarket shelves were due to spikes in demand. Now it’s a supply-side issue. The solutions, though, are substantially the same.
Since opening its first Australian stores on January 25 2001, Aldi has profoundly influenced the supermarket landscape.
Yes, there will be temporary meat shortages in Victoria, but not for long.
What motivates people to panic buy and stockpile goods like toilet paper? The COVID-19 pandemic has given us the chance to find out.
Woolworths’ A$780 millon investment in new automated distribution centres is a sign of how much COVID-19 has changed the way we shop. It points what’s to come in the retail sector.
To curb opportunistic shoplifting, supermarkets want you to know you are being watched. But they’re also hoping for self-reflection.
We surveyed over 100 Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and independent stores around Australia and found supermarkets are promoting unhealthy food much more often, and more prominently, than healthier products.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is lightening up on its normal competition rules and allowing competitors to cooperate.
Research suggests harsher civil or criminal penalties will not automatically lead to greater compliance by employers with workplace laws.
Stikeez, the latest collection of plastic collectables from Coles, flies in the face of the company’s plan to become Australia’s most sustainable supermarket.
If Australia follows international trends and allows supermarkets to open pharmacies, what are the effects on neighbouring pharmacies? And when does running a business mean health care suffers?
Retailers have cleverly tapped into the psychological need many of us have to collect, in some cases, mundane everyday items.
ALDI appeals to a particular market segment. It is unlikely to abandon it to go after Woolworths and Coles.
Plastic bags will soon be gone from major supermarkets and many other shops too. Campaigns to reduce plastic even more should focus on positive advice, rather than shaming shoppers for their plastic use.
Supermarkets and consumers might gain from more private label brands, but Australian suppliers are likely to lose out.
Spinning off Coles is a great example of how good Wesfarmers is at entering and exiting markets.
Coles plans to compete with competitors by moving away from low prices to a focus on other attributes, such as sustainability, local produce and community.
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Louise Grimmer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Competition Lawyer; Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, College of Business, Zayed University
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Lecturer, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Marketing, University of Tasmania
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PhD Candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University
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