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How consumers’ forensic focus on prices is driving cross-shopping

Inside Retail

Australia’s leading supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths, delivered their third-quarter results to shareholders this week along with new consumer insights. Both retailers reported that the current economic environment has challenged consumers’ discretionary spending and that households have evolved their buying habits to seek out value.

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The new Tiktok challenge waging war on the major supermarkets’ pricing

Inside Retail

Independent Queensland grocer Skippys Fresh Frootz has garnered attention on social media for its videos highlighting its low prices at a time when Australia’s major supermarkets are facing scrutiny for their lack of transparency in their price-setting practices. Bunnings is now back in first place.

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ACCC to conduct enquiry on Australian supermarkets’ pricing and competition

Inside Retail

The pricing practices of Australia’s supermarket near-duopoly are about to the the focus of a year-long enquiry by the government’s competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The regulator’s investigation resulted in identifying more than 700 potentially restrictive leases.

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Why supermarkets are stocking breakout and trendsetting brands on their shelves

Inside Retail

Recently, the supermarket beauty aisle has undergone a makeover of sorts, with Australia’s leading supermarkets Coles and Woolworths now stocking digitally native self-care products. Not everyone can afford high-end prices but we all deserve to carry a little bit of luxury in our handbag.”

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“No immediate impact”: Experts weigh in on Senate Committee’s recommendations

Inside Retail

This week, the Senate Committee on Supermarket Prices made 14 recommendations for the Government to consider amending the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to end the alleged price gouging of the major supermarkets. This will allow consumers to align and ‘buycott’ from a supermarket that promotes their values.

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New Cannabis Dispensary Modeled on Customer-Friendly Supermarkets

Retail TouchPoints

very intentionally draws its design and merchandising inspiration from supermarkets rather than pharmacies. Joyleaf, which opened in late 2023, is organized and merchandised by type of product rather than by brand: all the edibles, for example, are grouped together as a category, as they would be in a supermarket.

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ICA Stop supermarket designed as a "culinary dream come true"

Dezeen

Swedish studio Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor and design agency Snask have revamped a supermarket in Täby, adding pastel hues and materials such as terrazzo and wood to "turn shopping into an experience". Our main goal was to create a more personal shopping experience," Snask creative director Freddie Öst told Dezeen. "We