The story business news: November 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Sky News joins News Corp stable

SKY News will now add to the strength and credibility of News Corporation’s news services after the full acquisition of its parent company, Australian News Channel.

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Medibank‘s ambitious turnaround plan

FRUSTRATED Medibank customers are turning their backs on the health insurer, but chief executive Craig Drummond says he can win them back.

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Chemist Warehouse’s $3.5 million rip-off

AUSTRALIA’S biggest health and beauty retailer has been caught out in a dodgy practice to save its bottom line $3.5 million.

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Uber’s $1 million plan to get you drunk

THEY may have whacked a delivery fee onto UberEats, but the ride sharing giant is making up for it with the ultimate splurge.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Amazon employee jumps off building

A DISTURBING scene has unfolded at the notoriously high-stress Amazon headquarters, where an employee attempted to take his own life.

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How a retail icon went from boom to bust

ONCE valued at $790 million, Pumpkin Patch is now officially worthless. How did the popular kids’ fashion label fall so far?

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Young shoppers’ staggering habit

COCO is just 18 years old, but she owns a designer backpack worth thousands of dollars. That’s not even her priciest item.

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Ikea launches home delivery

IKEA has launched home delivery and online ordering for the first time in Australia, with fees starting at $79.

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Kellogg pulls ads from Breitbart

KELLOGG says it will no longer advertise on Breitbart.com, the website formerly run by one of Donald Trump’s top aides, Steve Bannon.

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Woolies’ new weapon in grocery war

THE battle for Australia’s $90 billion grocery market is fiercer than ever. Woolworths is betting on a new partnership to help give it an edge.

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Monday, November 28, 2016

This guy is making millions off dead people

JAMIE Salter has a knack for making a lot of money from dead people, including Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.

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Trump’s scary impact on our home loans

HE HASN’T even finished putting together his Cabinet, but US President-elect Donald Trump is already messing with us.

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Cafe owner: ‘Not a respite centre’

ELDERLY man allegedly banned from his local cafe while on a “social outing” because the owner thought he was too frail.

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Shopper outrage over F-word books

DISGUSTED shoppers have called out a popular stationery chain for displaying products printed with the F-word in full view of young children.

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Dog that doesn’t exist - gas billing horror stories

PHANTOM locked gates, dogs that don’t exist blocking meter readers and bills doubling when nobody’s home. Gas rage horror stories are mounting.

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World’s most macabre business idea

IT was billed as not only a unique game-changing tourist attraction for Japan, but “undeniably a world-first” and it’s clear to see why.

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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Metcash takes a $7.9 million hit from Aldi

ALDI’S expansion, plus a deal to buy Home Timber and Hardware chain from Woolworths, have hit IGA owner Metcash’s bottom line.

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Business warns Abbott: We don’t want you

THE business community has come out swinging against Tony Abbott and his plea for a resurrection of his political career.

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How to make it big in New York

NESTLED within Manhattan’s most fashionable and eclectic district lies one of the city’s hottest facades — and it’s all thanks to two ingenious Aussies.

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Why Aussie mum quit six-figure job

WHEN Melbourne mum Kim Peirce quit her six-figure job to sell body scrubs from her kitchen, it seemed like a flaky move — but it’s paid off big time.

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Saturday, November 26, 2016

Conspiracy theorist behind Trump

HE BELIEVES 9/11 was an inside job, NASA faked the moon landings and fluoride wiped 20 points off his IQ. He also helped Donald Trump win the election.

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Reno Rumble of Trump proportions

THE Secret Service is in negotiations with the Trump Organisation to take over two vacant floors in the gilded 68-storey Fifth Avenue tower, law enforcement sources said.

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Friday, November 25, 2016

Best Aussie Black Friday deals

READY, set, shop. The clock is ticking on the online mega-sale that is Black Friday. Here’s where to find the best bargains.

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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Coles’ secret weapon against Aldi

COLES is pulling out the big guns, taking on Aldi with a product aimed at penny-pinching hipsters and mum-and-dad shoppers.

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Alt-right: Defiant rebels or neo-Nazis?

SINCE the US election, you’ve no doubt read about a movement of Neo-Nazis promoting hate. But where exactly did it stem from, and how “powerful” is it?

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

The photo that led to ‘threats, abuse’

A PHOTOGRAPHER who captures clashes between left and right wing protesters has been forced to shut down his business after one went viral.

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Is the ‘alt-right’ already dead?

THEY’RE the “young and energetic” movement who helped propel Donald Trump to the White House. But the “alt-right” may already by dying.

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Eagle Boys won’t save Pizza Hut

THE acquisition of the failed Eagle Boys chain by Pizza Hut will be a “costly move” unlikely to fix its deep-crust problems.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Rare look inside Aldi’s secret testing lab

EVERY day, one of Aldi’s hundreds of products is being thoroughly tested in a secretive lab. We got a look inside, and this is what we found.

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Trump’s election revives The Apprentice

PEOPLE all over the world are frantically scouring 14 seasons of The Apprentice for clues on what kind of leader Donald Trump will be.

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Domino’s calls trans-woman ‘sir’

A TRANSGENDER woman has slammed Domino’s on social media after a delivery driver allegedly called her “sir”.

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Monday, November 21, 2016

End of the road for Payless Shoes

FAMILY discount shoe shop Payless Shoes has called in the administrators after 36 years in business. There are 870 jobs at risk.

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Trump unleashes ‘firing squad’

MEDIA execs and presenters thought they were meeting with Donald Trump to discuss access. Instead, they got Trumped.

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Rare Pokemon card sells for $75,000

AN EXTREMELY rare Pokemon trading card — the “Pikachu Illustrator” — has been purchased for a gobsmacking record price of $74,560 at auction.

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Kogan’s massive grocery gamble and how it failed

KOGAN was going to take on Coles and Woolies but a year on, almost all you can buy is Sodastream products. What went wrong?

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

TV reporter sacked for praising Trump

A TV reporter is out of a job after she criticised President Obama and praised President-elect Donald Trump on her personal Facebook page.

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Could Kmart do a Bunnings?

WITH Big W and Target struggling to make money, Kmart reigns supreme. Could it do a Bunnings and be the last man standing?

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Saturday, November 19, 2016

The odd things on Woolies’ new website

WOOLWORTHS has launched a new booze website and some of the items you can search for might raise a few eyebrows.

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Chemist Warehouse is killing it

IT STARTED with a single store, now Chemist Warehouse is Australia’s biggest health and beauty retailer — and its secretive owner is rolling in cash.

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