Easter is now just around the corner. For readers still looking to purchase chocolate and confectionery Australian Food News has compiled the following amongst the 2016 Easter offerings. Bunnies out, Bilbies in this Easter Australian ...
Tags: Chocolate, 2016 Easter offerings, AFN survey
Specialty food producers Flowerdale Farm have launched new summer varieties of edible flowers in Australia. Flowerdale Farm is an Australian-owned family business with a focus on providing specialty produce. It currently supplies over 150 ...
Tags: Petite Vegetables, Edible Flowers, Salad Greens, Agriculture
Australia’s oldest chocolate business, the iconic Ernest Hillier has been placed into voluntary administration, and a meeting with creditors will take place on Tuesday 20 January 2014. Hillier’s administrator, Bruno Secatore ...
Tags: chocolate business, Agriculture
The firm is now forecasting sales in excess of $1m for 2015/16 and reports strong response to its magic sets from children and parents alike. Marvin’s Magic has conjured an international following, with reports of annual sales for ...
Tags: magic play-set specialists, Toys
Woolworths Holdings Limited announced a number of senior management changes in Australia that follow the completion of WHL’s acquisition of David Jones Ltd (“David Jones”) and its buy out of the minority interests in ...
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Longstanding Myer CEO and managing director Bernie Brookes has put pen to paper on a new, open-ended contract worth $2 million per annum, plus performance based cash and equity bonuses. At the same time, the experienced retail head as ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Myer
Dick Smith released its first set of results to the ASX today under its new owners, with the company posting better than expected sales, earnings and profit figures. Today's figures come just over two years after the retailer was placed ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
After a busy few weeks in the spotlight following talks of a merger with rival department store Myer, David Jones has today released its half-yearly sales results, posting a positive performance in its bricks and mortar business and strong ...
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Just 18 months after David Jones was subject to a bizarre takeover bid from a relatively unknown company in the UK, talks of a merger have once again surfaced --- this time with department store competitor Myer. David Jones explained the ...
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Myer performed strongly in retail during the holiday season despite a week-long website outage and heavy competition, including competitive online-only offers from David Jones, new research from Pocketbook shows. An analysis of anonymous ...
David Jones will celebrate an extra special Christmas with its Canberra customers this year, following the unveiling of its newly refurbished Canberra Centre store on Saturday, 16th November 2013. Following seven months of extensive ...
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First Milk, a UK-based dairy producer, has unveiled plans to close its cheese packing plant in Marchwiel, Wrexham, while putting 231 jobs at risk. The plant is scheduled to shut in May 2014, and this move comes as the company lost a ...
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Vee Rubber has named has named Triton Imports its exclusive U.K. distributor for its Vee Tire Co.-branded BMX tires. Triton also will offer Vee's fat bike tires and tubes. "It's great to be representing one of the biggest names in tires ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
David Jones Limited announced that it has entered into a department store exclusive agreement with UK high street fashion brand Phase Eight. Phase Eight is a womenswear brand renowned for its high quality, flattering fit and originality. ...
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Australia's department store giant David Jones reported on Thursday that its total sales revenue fell 1.3 percent in the fourth quarter of the 2013 financial year. The company's revenue for the three months from April 28 to July 27 was ...
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