i’m expecting a rash of these types of closures - my local shopping center is probably around 50% clothing shops and as cost of living starts to bite people will spend less. i suspect a few are hanging on until Christmas hoping the profits made there will save them.
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Surprised it has hang on for this long. Doesn’t make sense when a business basically operates the same business carbon copied with a different brand…even worst when they are in an earshot of one another.
This one impacts all three levels of Government in some way, I just can’t see any intervention to stop the practice from working. If the feds are keen, they may want to look at all owners of un(der) developed commercial land, they might be a tad surprised what they find.
Murder Mall lol. 
“Shrinkflation” is when a product is downsized but sold at the same price, or possibly even a higher price — and maybe, brands hope, without you noticing.
Coles and Woolworths have already been hauled before the courts by the competition watchdog of alleged fake discounts, discussions have begun to change zoning laws to open up combat claims of “land banking” by the duo, and consultations are underway to impose a mandatory code of conduct over the sector.
If this isn’t a perfect example of collusion then I don’t know what is.
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And more than likely made at the same place.
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And actual Nutri grain costs $9 a box for around the same size… good news it’s on special this week. Aisle 3.
Any fines to the supermarkets will just be absorbed into higher prices regardless.
Nobody wins here. Commercial and Marketing teams in the supers need to be cleaned out.
Priceline is set to undergo a significant rebrand, for the first time since 2008:
“It’s a real refresh and rejuvenation for the brand.”
Will reserve thoughts until it is rolled out.
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How’s it going to work for Priceline (non pharmacy)
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I imagine the green will be replaced with a darker shade of pink for non-pharmacy stores. Maybe, my guess.
The Bathurst store will be one of the first stores to adopt the new look once it reopens later this month.
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I prefer the font they had been using. This pharmacy in Wynyard, Sydney was the first I had seen without the hot pink banner that is usually used. I think they should have kept this font which looks more contemporary and cooler.
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It doesn’t look overly different but I don’t like marketing that doesn’t use capital letters for each word. I don’t really see any need for them to change their marketing in the first place. Waste of money.
Maybe remove the green… then it’s just a heart? 
I wonder how much pink they will remove and how much green, black and white they will add to the stores. The logo already feels clean/fresh.
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Someone has uploaded the TVC on YouTube.
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Doesn’t include the striped logo with ‘the fresh food people’ though.
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Aldi the most trusted supermarket as Coles, Woolies fend off ‘fake discount’ claims
Aldi is now Australia’s most trusted supermarket brand, following the rapid decline in consumer sentiment for supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths.
The German-owned supermarket has topped the annual ranking by Roy Morgan for the first time, climbing from third just 12 months ago.
The ranking reveals the steep decline of Woolworths and Coles in consumers’ eyes, as the impact of price gouging allegations and legal action from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission have seen the supermarket giants plummet from being the two most trusted brands in 2023 to the fourth and fifth most distrusted brands.
The Roy Morgan rankings echo research shared exclusively by The Australian last month, which found that nearly 40 per cent of consumers had changed their views of the two supermarket giants as a result of the ACCC legal action. It found 26.7 per cent of shoppers stated they would alter their shopping behaviours to avoid supporting Coles and Woolworths.
EDIT: full results of Roy Morgan’s Most Trusted Awards 2024
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Liberal senator Jane Hume on Friday quizzed Coles and Woolworths senior executives on why a packet of the chocolate biscuits were $6 Down Under and about $4.86 at Tescos, a popular UK supermarket chain.
Senator Hume noted it was “strange” a “product that was manufactured in Western Sydney would cost more at a supermarket in Sydney than it would at a supermarket in London despite the “rigmarole” over freight costs and import taxes.
Woolworths chief commercial officer Paul Harker told a senate inquiry into the cost of living that it was “probably a great question for Arnott’s”.
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Ive seen a number of Aussie products in Europe at sometimes half the price of what they retsil in Australia. Bundaberg Ginger Beer was one example.
They should also be asked why most soft drinks retail at less than half the price in Australia. I saw Pepsi Max 500ml bottles at around $1.45-$1.60 but a Pepsi Max 600ml here is $3.95. And Coca Cola or Coke Zero 500ml is $1.70-$2 there but 600mls here is $4.
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