More consumers using buy now,pay later and loyalty rewards for everyday expenses

More consumers using buy now,pay later and loyalty rewards for everyday expenses

Paypal,Flybuys and Afterpay say more people are using financial products and rewards programs as households battle cost-of-living pressures.

  • byJessica Yun

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Living in the ’70s:Reinventing a Bayview beach house

Living in the ’70s:Reinventing a Bayview beach house

The decade was defined by great music,cheap fuel and homes with open-plan living,but this residence missed out on that last key attribute.

  • byStephen Crafti
‘Not equipped to help’:Four things the ACCC supermarket inquiry did and didn’t hear

‘Not equipped to help’:Four things the ACCC supermarket inquiry did and didn’t hear

ACCC counsel assisting Naomi Sharp,SC,had plenty of questions in the supermarket inquiry hearings,but supermarket executives skirted around the answers at times.

  • byJessica Yun
Ignoring Black Friday sales is no longer an option for retailers. So now they’re getting tactical

Ignoring Black Friday sales is no longer an option for retailers. So now they’re getting tactical

Savvy shoppers are waiting for good deals before they spend,making it tougher for retailers to opt out of the big sale. But if done right,it can be lucrative.

  • byJessica Yun
Why the cost-of-living crisis hasn’t been a boon for $2 shops

Why the cost-of-living crisis hasn’t been a boon for $2 shops

You might imagine high inflation and interest rates would drive a rush towards discount stores. But the sector has other challenges.

  • byKayla Olaya
The hardware and garden centre chain where customers are always wrong
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The hardware and garden centre chain where customers are always wrong

The privacy watchdog finds against Bunnings.

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Will the ACCC’s spotlight on supermarkets deliver any relief?

Will the ACCC’s spotlight on supermarkets deliver any relief?

The competition watchdog’s forensic questioning of Woolworths has so far failed to land a punch or leave red-faced supermarket executives squirming.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Spongegate:Why Whoopi Goldberg is feuding with a New York bakery

Spongegate:Why Whoopi Goldberg is feuding with a New York bakery

A small sponge cake topped with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry is the crux of a political skirmish between Whoopi Goldberg and a 146-year-old Staten Island bakery.

  • byAlyce McFadden andMark Bonamo
The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers

The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers

Using the world’s biggest search platform to find information on scams can deliver victims straight into the arms of criminals.

  • byAisha Dow andCharlotte Grieve
‘Psychopaths are the best’:Confessions from inside the scam industry

‘Psychopaths are the best’:Confessions from inside the scam industry

From marketing and retention to catastrophe and recovery,the life cycle of the scam industry is breathtakingly cruel and strikingly consistent.

  • byAisha Dow
Chinese electric car giant to double down on Australia after Trump win

Chinese electric car giant to double down on Australia after Trump win

China’s top electric car manufacturer will be “more focused than ever” on delivering new vehicles to Australia as Donald Trump vows higher tariffs in the US.

  • byNick Toscano