Posts tagged "prices"

The Woolworths CEO will depart as the Treasury, the ACCC, and a Senate inquiry probe conditions in the Australian supermarket sector.

Natural gas prices have surged from an average of between $6 and $8 a gigajoule to in excess of $30 a gigajoule in some regions, as international and domestic factors drive demand.

Caltex and 7-Eleven have been singled out by the ACCC for being laggards in reducing prices following a decision to axe the tampon tax.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has committed to taking action if businesses are found to be ripping off customers after a recent spike in petrol prices sparked consumer outrage.

Some housing exposed retailers are experiencing a slow-down, but a potential rebound may be on the way.

Market bubbles, and their subsequent busts, reflect over-reaction. They have nothing to do with balance sheets and everything to do with human behaviour.

By David Byrne, University of Melbourne

Big petrol retailers are pushing the price of petrol up by communicating through prices and whil…

By Deb Verhoeven, Deakin University and Bronwyn Coate, RMIT University

Chances are that if you see just one film this year, you probably…

t’s never been easier for consumers to find the cheapest prices; in the age of the search engine, a few cents might mean the difference be…

It’s never been easier for consumers to find the cheapest prices; in the age of the search engine, a few cents might mean the difference b…

I wrote late last year when the “GST rise” debate started that I thought it was a good thing for our indirect taxes to go up. I did put …

The other week I said, “Cutting costs and only competing on price is a death spiral. Always has been, always will be.” I then got asked …