Retail

Mobil Oil has agreed to pay a $16 million penalty after admitting it ran false ads in far North Queensland claiming it was selling a specific brand of fuel with certain benefits, when in fact it was suppling ordinary fuel. 

Engineering firm Calibre can't get minutes of meetings involving Probuild and the owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria to defend itself in $356 million defects suit.

The retail fund of real estate investor Charter Hall has put down $151 million for the purchase of four Bunnings Warehouse stores in Queensland and New South Wales.

The Fair Work Ombudsman is considering amending its underpayments case against Rebel Sport owner Super Retail Group, following a significant ruling in underpayments proceedings against Woolworths and Coles.

Two senior Johns Lyng Group executives have been dragged into a dispute over the $75 million sale of Nike franchisee Retail Prodigy Group.

Jewellery retailer Lovisa has struck back at an underpayments class action, saying it does not have the burden of disproving the underpayments claims because the applicants have not proven each alleged unpaid overtime hour was actually worked.

Bakers Delight has lost its appeal of a decision that found it was subject to a statutory reverse onus to disprove record-keeping claims in underpayments proceedings against a franchisee.

Formalwear brand Portia & Scarlett, which has accused one of its founders of accessing confidential dress designs contained in two computer files, has asked a court for access to her personal devices.

Singapore-based Keppel REIT and Australian asset manager MA Financial have paid $525 million to acquire the Top Ryde City Shopping Centre in Sydney’s northwest.

Puma has lost its opposition to a trade mark application by Tiger Woods' golf apparel and equipment brand Sun Day Red, failing to convince the Trade Marks Office that the company's logo is deceptively similar to its iconic leaping cat mark.