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Deep discounts attracted hordes of shoppers to Wal-Mart and elsewhere on Black Friday weekend. Gunnar Rathbun/AP Images for Walmart

Brick‑and‑mortar retailers should nix deep discounts to make most of jittery shopping season

A mix of economic unease and fears of the growth of online shopping is pushing retailers to offer ever-steeper discounts, but there’s a better strategy to make it through the holidays in the black.
Coles has admitted it acted unconscionably towards suppliers, and a new code of conduct may not be enough to clean up the industry. Julian Smith/AAP

Too big to care: will Coles and Woolies lift their game in 2015?

Coles and Woolworths spent much of 2014 defending their behaviour in court. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) brought several actions against one or both of them throughout the…

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