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Photo finish to determine winner of Australia's two-horse retail race

05 May 2014

Elizabeth Knight April 30, 2014 The Age To the extent that the supermarket industry in Australia is a two-horse race,…

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Woolworths, Coles in sales growth dead heat

05 May 2014

Eli Greenblat April 30, 2014 The Age In a dead heat between Australia’s two biggest supermarket chains, Woolworths and Coles…

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Big Sister Foods collapses, 100 jobs at risk

05 May 2014

Eli Greenblat April 30, 2014 The Age Iconic Australian food manufacturer Big Sister Foods has collapsed after nearly 70 years…

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Morrisons fuels supermarket price war by slashing the cost of 1,200 products

05 May 2014

Graham Hiscott Apr 30, 2014 Mirror UK Struggling Morrisons has ramped-up a fight back by slashing prices on 1,200 everyday…

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Authorities seize $15 million of illegal tobacco in Victorian property raid

05 May 2014

Caroline Zielinski May 4, 2014 The Australian Tax Office has raided a Victoria property and seized an estimated $15 million…

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Challenge to Australia tobacco law could have vast impact

05 May 2014

AFP Challenge to Australia tobacco law could have vast impact Geneva (AFP) – A landmark challenge to Australia’s plain-packaging law…

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ACCC releases revised ‘Advertising and selling’

27 April 2014

The ACCC has today released its revised Advertising and selling guide to help educate businesses about their rights and obligations…

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E-cigarettes' case goes up in smoke following landmark ruling in WA court

27 April 2014

Eamonn Duff April 20, 2014 Sun-Herald Vaporised: Battery-powered e-cigarettes have been banned in WA. Photo: Reuters NSW tobacco laws could…

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Powdered alcohols fail to get approval

27 April 2014

APRIL 22, 2014 News.com.au DON’T expect powdered alcohol to hit store shelves anytime soon. A product called “Palcohol” gained widespread…

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Australian shoppers are being slugged extra by big retailers including J. Crew

27 April 2014

APRIL 22, 2014 NEWS.COM.AU IT’S being dubbed the ‘Australia tax’, the dubious honour of being slugged a premium price on…

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Product recall as Brighton-based toy company cops $2k fine

27 April 2014

TROELS SOMMERVILLE APRIL 22, 2014 MOORABBIN GLEN EIRA LEADER A TOY company has been fined and ordered to recall faulty…

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Petrol theft at ‘epidemic’ levels in Wyndham in Melbourne’s west

17 April 2014

SARAH ANDERSON APRIL 15, 2014 WYNDHAM LEADER PETROL is stolen from Wyndham service stations about three times a day. Police…

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