Footwear retailer RCG Crop has slashed full-year profit guidance by 11 per cent - the second downgrade in three months - after soft sales of brands such as Skechers,Vans and Doc Martens.
Online furniture retailer Temple&Webster's loss was more than double what was forecast in its prospectus.
Coca-Cola Amatil's profits are up after higher sales of bottled water offset weak demand for fizzy drinks.
JB Hi-Fi's net profit rose a better than expected 11.5 per cent to $152.2 million in 2016,underpinned by robust demand for consumer electronics and market share gains in the wake of the collapse of Dick Smith.
Fifteen months after its transformative $200 million acquisition of Accent Group,RCG has agreed to pay as much as $105 million for Hype DC.
Innovative web-based grocers are stealing a march on the major supermarket chains in the $1.8 billion online grocery market.
Ruslan Kogan has distanced Kogan.com from recent e-commerce sharemarket flops.
SurfStitch's new chief executive,Mike Sonand,has promised to restore profitability next year.
New technology gives retailers unprecedented information about consumer shopping habits,even those of fickle millennials.
Greencross is aiming to grab a bigger share of the $7.2 billion petcare market after sending its private equity suitors packing.
Adventure wear retailer Kathmandu has taken the unusual step of launching legal action against New Zealand retailer Rod Duke's Briscoe Group to recover costs incurred defending a failed $324 million takeover attempt.