Bunnings boss tips a DIY-powered summer despite rates pressure

Bunnings boss tips a DIY-powered summer despite rates pressure

Mike Schneider,managing director of the Wesfarmers-owned hardware chain,is convinced Australians will still be spending up to spruce up their homes and gardens during long summer days.

  • byEmma Koehn

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Wesfarmers leads retailers’ rejection of proposed new workplace laws

Wesfarmers leads retailers’ rejection of proposed new workplace laws

Australia’s retail industry has come out swinging against the government’s proposal to allow multi-employer bargaining.

  • byEmma Koehn
Supersize Bunnings sells for $100m

Supersize Bunnings sells for $100m

A little known investor has splashed about $100 million on a supersized Bunnings hardware store,touted as one of the largest in the Wesfarmers-owned network.

  • bySimon Johanson
Big WA gas buyers seek federal action as shortage fear spreads west

Big WA gas buyers seek federal action as shortage fear spreads west

WA’s largest gas user Alcoa is part of a push to force exporters to offer more gas to local buyers before a predicted shortage hits mid-decade.

  • byPeter Milne
Bunnings sees no signs of slowdown thanks to tradie shortage,DIY season

Bunnings sees no signs of slowdown thanks to tradie shortage,DIY season

The hardware giant is unfazed about the prospect of rising interest rates or a slowing housing market thanks to a pent-up pipeline of construction work and robust demand for DIY products.

  • byEmma Koehn
We love a good sausage sizzle,but is Bunnings owner Wesfarmers a good investment?

We love a good sausage sizzle,but is Bunnings owner Wesfarmers a good investment?

Sausages in bread might be the first thing that springs to mind when thinking about Bunnings. What about the company’s strong margins and near market dominance?

  • byDominic Powell
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Confidence crash:Terrified consumers shut their wallets and fear for the future

Confidence crash:Terrified consumers shut their wallets and fear for the future

We are now at the point where measuring confidence feels like a misnomer - we should replace it with a fear metric.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Wesfarmers puts focus on chemicals,energy division as retail falters

Wesfarmers puts focus on chemicals,energy division as retail falters

Retail powerhouse Wesfarmers has highlighted the prospects of its oft-overlooked businesses amid warnings of a retail downturn.

  • byDominic Powell
Temple&Webster takes fight to Bunnings with new online DIY store

Temple&Webster takes fight to Bunnings with new online DIY store

Furniture retailer Temple&Webster has launched a new online store as it seeks to challenge the dominance of Australia’s biggest hardware chain.

  • byDominic Powell
Woolworths,Wesfarmers bosses support wage rises as inflation bites

Woolworths,Wesfarmers bosses support wage rises as inflation bites

The chief executives of Australia’s two largest private employers have both thrown their support behind an increase in workers’ wages amid rising inflation.

  • byDominic Powell
Bunnings booted from hipster suburb after residents put up a fight

Bunnings booted from hipster suburb after residents put up a fight

An attempt by the hardware giant to squeeze one of its trademark warehouses onto a busy residential street in hipster Brunswick has come unstuck.

  • bySimon Johanson