Lew needs a plan B in his fight with the Myer board
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Lew needs a plan B in his fight with the Myer board

If Myer bombs this festive season,it will be Solly not Santa who will be coming down the chimney.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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From rent war to vaccine battle:landlords and retailers at loggerheads

From rent war to vaccine battle:landlords and retailers at loggerheads

Retailers and landlords are on a collision course over who is responsible for managing the proof of vaccination process.

  • bySimon Johanson andDominic Powell
Retail fight:who body blocks the unvaccinated from coming through the shop door?

Retail fight:who body blocks the unvaccinated from coming through the shop door?

In refusing to deal with the kryptonite-like issue of mandating vaccines,the state government has thrown this hospital pass to the business owners.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Hungry Lew is scouring the landscape for pandemic-wounded retailers
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Retail

Hungry Lew is scouring the landscape for pandemic-wounded retailers

Solomon Lew says his Premier retail has ‘not just survived but thrived’ and has amassed a war chest that would be the envy of the industry.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Only vaccinated shoppers should be allowed in malls,says Solly Lew

Only vaccinated shoppers should be allowed in malls,says Solly Lew

The retail billionaire,whose company owns chains like Peter Alexander,JayJays and Smiggle,has called on both shopping centre owners and the government to ban unvaccinated shoppers from malls.

  • byDominic Powell
Myer finally earns a reprieve from Lew’s onslaught
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Retail

Myer finally earns a reprieve from Lew’s onslaught

Myer’s was not a champagne popping result but it was enough to provide hope that the company was emerging from its performance malaise.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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JobKeeper greed dents companies’ social licence to give health advice

JobKeeper greed dents companies’ social licence to give health advice

Day after day,more undeserving recipients of JobKeeper payments are uncovered. The demonstrated avarice poses a credibility dilemma as companies now call on their workers to do the right thing in the pandemic.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Lew v Myer title fight postponed,but training in full swing
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Opinion

Lew v Myer title fight postponed,but training in full swing

Retailer Solomon Lew hasn’t abandoned his campaign to oust Myer’s management,he will regroup and try a knockout blow.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Solomon Lew threatens legal action over Myer capital raising rumours

Solomon Lew threatens legal action over Myer capital raising rumours

Billionaire retailer Solomon Lew has threatened to take legal action against the board of Myer if the company decides to pursue a capital raising.

  • byDominic Powell
Myer looks for new investors in its fight to neutralise Lew
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Retail

Myer looks for new investors in its fight to neutralise Lew

Myer has its back against the wall but has come out swinging in its battle against billionaire retailer Solomon Lew with plans for a share placement.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘Toxic behaviour’:Myer shareholders protest Lew’s board attack
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‘Toxic behaviour’:Myer shareholders protest Lew’s board attack

A group of large retail shareholders in struggling department store Myer have raised concerns over billionaire Solomon Lew’s moves to depose the company’s board.

  • byDominic Powell