Shopping

Sales surgeRetailers to reap bumper profits

Australia’s remarkable virus shopping blitz has major retailers on track for record profits that may not abate for another year, and until the opening of international borders.

Sean Smith

Pay strikeStrike for Premier Investments as online sales soar

Nearly 50 per cent of shares voted were cast against the pay report, offsetting a buoyant trading update showing online sales soared by more than 70 per cent in the first 18 weeks of new year.

Danielle Le Messurier, Steven Deare

TOP SELLING ITEMSPerth to splurge but parents spend less on Black Friday

WA parents penny-pinch when compared with the rest of the nation in terms of buying for children on Black Friday — but WA is tipped to record its biggest splurge during the shopping event this year.

Caitlyn Rintoul

JINGLE TILLSWA shoppers filling their own stockings this Christmas

Retailers are hoping a surge in ‘self-gifting’ among cashed-up West Aussies will help lift the State out of its economic funk this holiday season.

Caitlyn Rintoul & Anthony Keane

Garage sale trailTreasure for sale

Design Merchants creative director Juliet Borshoff writes about her love of second-hand shopping — and why she’s selling some of her finds.

Juliet Borshoff, Belle Taylor

Bang for your buckWA parents proving country’s most frugal this Christmas

With trading conditions good and consumer confidence up, it’s logical to assume that, with seven Fridays until Christmas, WA parents would be the biggest spenders. But that’s not the case.

Melin Chew

Buy localPush for new rating system to promote WA businesses

Businesses could be placed on a WA rating system aimed at disclosing just how much the service or product supports the State, the brains behind a new ‘support local’ campaign have proposed.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Shop ‘til you dropWA trading hours extended for WA Day, Queen’s Birthday

Retail trading hours have been extended for the WA's next two public holidays, with the State Government approving the extension for general retail stores in the Perth metropolitan area.

Sarah Steger

Strange new worldShoppers temp-tested as foot traffic returns to CBD

Popular stores in Perth’s CBD are beginning to rise from their COVID slumber, but it’s unlikely your shopping experience will be as you remember it.

Sarah Steger

Startling simulationHow a single cough can spread deadly COVID-19

A frightening simulation showing how quickly coronavirus can spread through a supermarket has been released by European researchers.

Bryce Luff

COVID-19 EXCLUSIVESupermarket call for shoppers to be temperature-tested

Independent supermarkets have called on the Federal Government to require shoppers to be temperature checked before entering stores in a bid to protect customers and workers from contracting COVID-19.

Lanai Scarr

New openingThousands rush to Costco in panic buying perfect storm

Costco launched in Perth this morning, throwing open its doors half an hour early, as thousands hit the new store in a shopping frenzy.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Kate Ryan

Coronavirus crunchGrab the salmon: Panic buying hits our western suburbs

The well-heeled of Perth’s western suburbs are panic buying too — only they’re clearing shelves of organic milk and smoked salmon, not mince and baked beans.

Jon Bassett — Western Suburbs Weekly

Coronavirus crunch‘It was mayhem’: Seniors run riot during ‘elderly hour’

Hundreds of elderly people have pushed and shoved and even stolen products from trolleys during the first, chaotic day of extended trading hours exclusively for our most vulnerable.

Sarah Steger

EXCLUSIVEAustralians warned to brace for shopping price hikes

Industry Minister Karen Andrews will warn local manufacturers that they need to be wary of passing on any increased costs to consumers as a result of coronavirus when she meets them tomorrow.

Lanai Scarr

Trading hoursColes supremo wants more hours to shop

The head of Australian supermarket heavyweight Coles has labelled restrictive trading hours as a barrier to growth and said it was hindering consumers.

Deregulation of shopping hoursIndustry backs end to ‘pre-internet era’ restrictions

WA’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry has joined calls to scrap shopping restrictions after a poll found three in four West Australians believe shops should be allowed to open when they want.

Joanna Delalande

$2.62B estimateMillions of Aussies expected to shop on Boxing Day

A day after Santa delivers gifts to kids and adults around Australia, retailers are expecting millions to walk into their stores for the start of the shopping sales season.

AAP

Carpark nightmaresThe worst Australian carparks for prangs

Plenty of the pre-Christmas chatter is spent on the unenviable task of navigating the rush inside the shops. But half the battle takes place before you’ve even set foot inside.

Registers downRegisters back online as Myer ‘tech issue’ is resolved

UPDATE: The “technical issue” which brought down registers at Myer stores nationwide - including all six in WA - has been resolved.

Bryce Luff

Mad rushState Government’s gift to Christmas-time shoppers

Shoppers will have added hours to grab last minute gifts and stock up for the festive season this Christmas, with extended trading kicking in from December 7. But not everyone’s on board.

Josh Zimmerman