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Woolworths pleased with telco progress

Drew Cratchley Supermarket giant Woolworths says its foray into the telecommunications market is proving successful, with parents and kids looking for non-nonsense plans.

Woolworths buyer in alleged scam

Mark Hawthorne and John Silvester A Woolworths executive has been sacked amid a police investigation into a kickback scheme involving the retail giant.

Woolworths buyer in alleged scam

Mark Hawthorne and John Silvester A Woolworths executive has been sacked amid a police investigation into a kickback scheme involving the retail giant.

Ethics on agenda amid Woolworths kickback scandal

Mark Hawthorne Woolworths is demanding that every supplier to the supermarket chain undertake an 'ethical audit'.

Woolworths taps into Qantas members to boost loyalty card

Qantas and Woolworths are intensifying efforts to sign more members to the retailer's loyalty card by tapping into the airline's 6 million-strong member database.

Woolworths reduces price of groceries

Groceries are set to become cheaper after supermarket giant Woolworths Ltd said it had cut the price of many items.

Woolworths sales lack stimulus

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Woolworths has posted the slowest second-quarter sales growth in at least eight years, as demand fell at its discount department stores.

Woolworths H1 sales up 4.2%

Woolworths Ltd has reported a 4.2 per cent increase in first half sales and says it expects second half sales to be affected by low price inflation.

Woolworths checks out brewer

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Adele Ferguson Woolworths is rumoured to be looking at the country's biggest maker of pre-mixed drinks as a potential supplier for its fast-growing, private-label beer business.

Apple bites over Woolworths logo

Julian Lee Woolworths insists its new logo is a stylised ''W'' or a piece of fresh produce. Apple thinks it is an apple, and wants to stop Australia's largest retailer from using it.

ACCC the spanner in Woolworths' hardware ambition

Elizabeth Knight WHEN Woolworths decided to enter the hardware/home improvement market there were a few different paths it could have taken.

Woolworths lifts quarterly sales

Eli Greenblat Woolworths has maintained full-year guidance after lifting quarterly sales by 4.2 per cent to $13.4 billion.

Woolworths Q1 sales up 4.2 per cent

Woolworths Ltd has increased sales by 4.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2009/10 and expects sales for the full year to grow in the upper single digits.

Woolworths shares dip on sales results

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Eli Greenblat Supermarket giant increases sales by 4.2% but investors expected better and drove shares down in the wake of the disappointment.

Woolworths hardware will go ahead: ACCC

Alison Bell The competition watchdog thinks the creation of big box hardware stores by Woolworths Ltd is likely even if its takeover of Danks Holdings Ltd does not proceed.

Mitre 10 unhappy over Woolworths-Danks deal

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Eli Greenblat Mitre 10 has hit out at the competition regulator's approval of Woolworths' acquisition of rival hardware player Danks, which will give the supermarket chain a clear run at breaking into the nation's...

Grocery market is competitive: Woolworths

Woolworths says it doesn't have too much power in the market, despite supermarket giants being blamed for Australians paying the fastest growing prices for groceries in the world.

Woolworths predicting a strong Christmas

Eli Greenblat Woolworths is tipping another good Christmas as the supermarket chain leads in market share over rival Coles and prepares to break into the $36 billion hardware market.

Woolworths maintains earnings guidance

Woolworths Ltd has maintained its sales and earnings guidance for fiscal 2010 and pointed to a change in customer behaviour driven by tough conditions.

Woolworths maintains sales and earnings guidance

Woolworths has maintained its sales and earnings guidance for fiscal 2010 and pointed to a change in customer behaviour driven by tough conditions produced by the global economic downturn.