Retail

The ACCC has slapped two retailers with infringement notices for 'limited time' Black Friday discounts that in reality continued after the advertised sale period.

Coles says it should be allowed to file further expert evidence in its stoush with the ACCC over plans to build a supermarket in Kalgoorlie, WA, claiming the regulator failed to give it notice about its "novel" theory of harm.

Enforcement action by the corporate cop alleges former Super Retail Group CEO and managing director Anthony Heraghty breached his directors’ duties and provided misleading information to the board and the market.

A judge has vacated an upcoming trial date in an underpayments class action against jewellery chain Lovisa, as the parties lock horns on the common questions and whether the case should even proceed as a class action. 

Online retailer digiDirect has been hit with $99,000 in penalties after the ACCC accused if making misleading strikethrough price claims on its website.

The co-owner of Pacific Werribee shopping centre's has defended an engineering expert's decision to stray from an agreed model in drafting a report for trial in a $356 million defects case, even as the court warns it may not get a "second bite of the cherry".

Coles wants to file further expert evidence in its dispute with the ACCC over the acquisiton of land in Kalgoorlie, WA, claiming it had no notice of the regulator's "novel" theory of harm.

The ACCC has hit back at Coles’ challenge to the regulator’s rejection of its Kalgoorlie, WA land acquisition, slamming as too narrow the competition test advanced by the supermarket giant.

The ACCC has hit back at Coles’ challenge to the regulator’s rejection of its Kalgoorlie, WA land acquisition, slamming as too narrow the competition test advanced by the supermarket giant.

A judge has dismissed a portion of an applicant's claims in FWO and class action cases against Coles and Woolworths, while final declarations against the supermarket giants remain to be made, almost one year after the companies were found liable for $780 million in back pay.