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
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Dropped Catch:Why Wesfarmers’ online marketplace is struggling
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Dropped Catch:Why Wesfarmers’ online marketplace is struggling

Three years and one pandemic since Wesfarmers spent $230 million to acquire it,online marketplace Catch’s growth story has had its fair share of hiccups.

  • byDominic Powell
‘What employees want’:Officeworks boss backs work from home shift

‘What employees want’:Officeworks boss backs work from home shift

The head of major office supplies seller Officeworks has said she expects hybrid home/office working to be a permanent fixture even after the pandemic.

  • byDominic Powell
Three numbers that highlight reporting season this week

Three numbers that highlight reporting season this week

Bunnings went into reverse,CSL got a flu vaccine booster,and all eyes were on Fortescue’s shock dividend payment this week.

  • byColin Kruger
Wesfarmers to roll out cheaper product ranges as inflationary pressures bite

Wesfarmers to roll out cheaper product ranges as inflationary pressures bite

The head of Bunnings and Kmart owner Wesfarmers is confident the business will be able to offset a deluge of COVID-driven cost rises as earnings dropped in the December half.

  • byDominic Powell
Omicron,supply chain troubles set scene for volatile retail results

Omicron,supply chain troubles set scene for volatile retail results

Australia’s largest listed retailers are set for a volatile and potentially punishing corporate reporting season this month.

  • byDominic Powell