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How scrutiny over prices could impact Coles’ and Woolworths’ loyalty programs

Inside Retail

In Australia, the growing importance of loyalty programs could be seen in the half-year results of both Coles and Woolworths , the country’s leading supermarkets, which reported that the e-commerce, digital and loyalty aspects of the business were responsible for strong growth. Myer One currently has about 4.2 million active members, with 5.2

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Woolworths’ ballooning underpayments muddy a strong half

Inside Retail

Specifically, the retail conglomerate said it had incorrectly accounted for long service rules across various states, as well as failing to properly pay team members overtime rates. Supermarkets were strong, Big W struggled. million, though due to a higher cost of doing business net profit fell 6.5