28/07/2026
"A higher penalty is warranted to deter repetition and to motivate Harvey Norman to improve its compliance processes"
Harvey Norman and Latitude face $55m penalty for misleading ad campaign
The two businesses misled customers into taking out credit cards and paying additional fees in a 60-month interest-free payment scheme, the corporate regulator says.
10/06/2026
The Wesfarmers-operated retailer will also open a new "K Home" concept store in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Box Hill next week, which is being trialled as standalone home and furniture destination.
"It is designed to test whether we can unlock a bigger home opportunity through a through a more immersive format that showcases the breadth of the Anko range in a way our full line stores cannot," Spaseska said.
The store features curated displays, room-based inspiration and a more immerse home environment, as well as showcasing products that are online-only because of space constraints in traditional Kmart stores, she said.
"We will use the trial to learn quickly, refine the model, and assess the longer term opportunity," Spaseska said.
Kmart returning checkouts to exits in Australia
Two dozen more Kmarts will be refurbished with a new format that moves the cash registers back to the store entrances, and the group is also trialling a new concept store for home goods.
02/06/2026
Minimum wage and awards increase by 4.75%
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16/05/2026
Coles caught misleading customers
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23/04/2026
The ACCC is alleging Woolworths misled customers by manipulating its Prices Dropped promotion between 2021 and 2023. At the centre of those claims is how long the full price was charged before the products were advertised as discounted. Even after they were put on the Prices Dropped promotion, they were more expensive than the original price
Woolworths’ price modelling admission raises new discount questions
The competition regulator is suing the supermarket, alleging it had misled customers into believing products were discounted when they were more expensive.