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An IGA store in WA's Kalgoorlie has rejected a claim by Coles that it provides no real competition, telling a tribunal shoppers are buying significant volumes of the supermarket giant's top items at the independent grocer.
Cotton On has paid $19,800 in penalties for allegedly failing to comply with mandatory safety reporting requirements on two occasions.
The competition regulator has warned that Coles may pull back resources if an independent competitor in Kalgoorlie were forced to leave the market.
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The ACCC has hit back at Coles' claims that Kalgoorlie's IGA did not provide any competitive constraint, in the supermarket giant's challenge to a decision blocking the acquisition of a leasehold in the WA town.
The ACCC has expressed a preliminary view that any public benefits flowing from IAG's proposed acquisition of the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia will likely be outweighed by harms to competition.
Independent supermarkets should not be insulated from the effects of competition by the ACCC, Coles has told a tribunal as it challenges the watchdog's rejection of its proposed acquisition of a Kalgoorlie supermarket site.
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Independent supermarkets should not be insulated from the effects of competition by the ACCC, Coles has told a tribunal as it challenges the watchdog's rejection of its proposed acquisition of a Kalgoorlie supermarket site.
Bubble tea chain Sharetea has been hit with $39,600 in penalties after the ACCC expressed concerns that a term in its agreements requiring franchisees to foot the bill for any disputes ran afoul of the Franchising Code.
Clothing retailer H&M Australia has paid $138,600 in penalties for allegedly selling more than 4,000 children's clothing items that did not comply with fire hazard warning label requirements under the Australian Consumer Law.
The Victorian Bar has welcomed 15 new senior counsel, including barristers who worked on the Black Saturday bushfire class actions, COVID-19 business interruption cases and junior doctors underpayments class actions.