Tag: australian competition and consumer commission
Small independent fuel retailers are Australia’s latest endangered species
To the glee of many a motorist, retailers Woolworths and Coles have been selling fuel at discounted prices in Australia through their alliances with...
Could your website’s terms and conditions turn into your one way ticket to jail?
The ACCC’s one day crack down on website T&Cs should just be a reminder to business owners that not protecting themselves against legal liability could bring heavy fines. Is your website in the cross hairs?
Will crowd-funding save the Australian arts industry? Anything’s Pozible…
Crowd-funding, while nothing new globally, is still in its infancy in Oz. Provided it can remain on the good side of Australia’s consumer protection laws, it has the potential to go gangbusters in traditionally underfunded segments, like the arts.
ACCC’s decision against Metcash-Franklins deal ‘defies logic’, says IGA Chairman Mick Daly
Leon and Garry talk to the IGA National Board Chairman, Mick Daly, about the grocery industry and the Australian retail environment. In particular, he has much to say on the success of Metcash, IGA’s principal wholesaler, against competitors Woolworths and Coles, and the looming showdown with the ACCC over Metcash’s plans to acquire the Franklins supermarket chain.
