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By EVA WILAND
Woolworths continues to fire on all cylinders, recording 8.8% sales growth from all its businesses, to $10.55 billion in the 13 weeks ended April 1 on the corresponding period in the 2005-06 financial year.

For the first time since the internet boom, Australian retailers will have a cheap and effective way of getting customers back into stores.

AFRN Thought: Given that the X-generation is the biggest Internet shopper, AFRN has doubts about this enterprise...

By EVA WILAND
Myer is closing 22 warehouse and storage facilities and plans to lower inventory levels by $200 million in the major overhaul under its new owners, private equity firm Texas Pacific Group.

By EVA WILAND
The A-line returned at the Paris 2006-07 autumn-winter haute couture shows. The other main features were short, flip-out shifts, bejewelling and fur trims, judging from Worth Global Style Network’s International Fashion Press Bulletin.

Barely into her new position as Burberry chief executive officer, American Angela Ahrendts, has indicated she wants to see more diversity in the label and less checks.

By EVA WILAND
The Federal Court has found LG Electronics Australia breached the consumer protection provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 by making false or misleading representations in several of its online mobile telephone user manuals.

Covergirl’s Australian distributor The Heat Group, in conjunction with Proctor & Gamble, have appointed Jennifer Hawkins the new face of the international cosmetic brand in Australia.

Retail sales held steady in May, ahead of a resurgence in the months ahead, fuelled by end of year sales.

ARI thought: Clearly, Mother’s Day sparked growth in some retail sectors, particularly cafes and restaurants, services and electricals and recorded music...

The latest Cashcard Retail Activity Index revealed unexpected positive results in June for raw, seasonally adjusted and trend estimates alike as shoppers spent $17.3 billion in Australia’s retail stores, according to the raw index.

The first retail figures to come out for May are showing encouraging signs of an upswing. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index’s raw, seasonally adjusted and trend estimates for May were all in positive growth for the month.