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Job worries, rising unemployment and falling real wages have put retail sales on a slowing growth pattern before the expected Christmas spending pick up, while peak industry body the Australian Retailers Association remains hopeful that September figures will continue to highlight positive growth. ARA executive director Russell Zimmerman said retailers enjoyed only a small increase […]

Supermarket giant Coles was banned for three years from advertising that its bread was made or baked on the day it was sold and will have to hang signs in stores admitting that it passed off par-baked bread as freshly baked. Coles, which faces penalties of up to $3 million, was ordered by the Federal