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Increasing distrust for the OpenAI brand.

The brands that Australians are now hating on, and why

Artificial intelligence businesses and other technology giants have ranked poorly in a new survey of the brands that Australians trust most and least.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Coles made a number of concessions to the ACCC about its discounting decisions.

The messy task of calculating the harm Coles caused shoppers

A diabolical legal process is set to play out as huge teams of lawyers attempt to quantify damages that Coles may have to pay after its loss in court this week.

  • Elias Visontay
The Federal Court has ruled that Coles misled millions of Australians.

Coles has been caught red-handed. But don’t discount this pricing loophole

The court found that Coles had misled the public. But retailers can get around the ruling by keeping certain information from shoppers.

  • Bea Sherwood
Coles “Down Down” program misled millions of customers into thinking discounts were genuine.

Coles to face fines ‘in the hundreds of millions’ after discounts ruled a sham

In a landmark decision, Justice Michael O’Bryan found the discounts were based on previous prices that were offered for too short a period to be considered real.

  • Elias Visontay, Isabel McMillan and Jack Gramenz
The Federal Court has ruled that Coles misled millions of Australians.

Woolworths will be battening down the hatches after ACCC slays Coles’ false discounts

If battling Aussies were shopping for another reason to hate Australia’s supermarket duopoly, the competition watchdog has handed it to them on a platter.

  • Colin Kruger
Little panic buying going on since the start of the Iran War.

Coles and Woolies need to eat some of the food price rise pain

Rising food prices are generally good news for supermarket profits. But there are good reasons why the two giants should absorb some of the food inflation.

  • Clancy Yeates
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The ACCC is facing Woolworths in court.

Are we being cheated on prices? ACCC and supermarkets slug it out in court

For the consumer watchdog, this court battle is about more than the prices of Tim Tams, Coke and dog food. It goes to the heart of the grocery giants’ pricing and marketing methods.

  • Elizabeth Knight
An artist’s impression of Coles and Woolworths stores of different kinds opening around Sydney.

Gentrified groceries: The new food line splitting your city

One in four Woolworths in Sydney are now Metro stores, while Coles is playing catch-up by growing its Local chain. Is the gentrification of supermarkets leaving shoppers worse off?

  • Jessica Yun and Elias Visontay
Chief executive of the Business Council of Australia, Bran Black.

Work longer shifts: One big business’s idea of a helping hand

The government and big business are keen to show how they are helping consumers and small businesses navigate the fuel crisis. But this is no COVID-era relief package.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Lindt's Gold Bunny: Smaller and more expensive.

Easter egg prices jump and sizes shrink despite cocoa price crash

Lindt bunny prices have risen by almost a third and Cadbury eggs are rocketing as manufacturers and supermarkets scramble to justify shrinkflation this Easter.

  • Will Nicholas