Lydia Wheatley has shopped at Betts for more than a decade,and is relieved to hear the Sydney Westfield store won’t be closing.

‘Everyone always compliments my shoes’:Shoppers flock to Betts as it shuts 20 stores

At lunchtime on Thursday,there was still plenty of interest in the 134-year-old shoe retailer that is slashing its store footprint amid a crunch in cashflow.

  • Jessica Yun

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The country’s largest supermarkets like Coles and Woolworths are now banned from price gouging.

Food bills keep rising but these tried-and-tested-tips can help ease the pain

From savvy meal planning to boxes of wonky veg,discover easy ways to cut your weekly grocery bill without sacrificing flavour.

  • Jane de Graaff
Lincraft managing director John Maguire in the Melbourne CBD store.

‘We were never going to win that race’:Lincraft’s 88-year battle to survive isn’t over

Over the decades,the specialty fabric and crafts retailer has had to reinvent itself to keep up with the times – and its boss isn’t ready to give up yet.

  • Jessica Yun
Northern NSW will experience some of the harshest effects of climate change reflecting high exposure to flooding,drought and bushfire,and high reliance on climate-sensitive or outdoor industries.

You’re losing $20k a year because of climate change – and it’s predicted to get worse

As well as the cost of extreme weather and natural disasters,longer-term climatic changes are also a drag on economic productivity,the NSW Net Zero Commission says.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Businesses are a bit like runners. They do well with some healthy competition.

Businesses,like runners,thrive on competition – at least,most do

It’s not just customers who like to see companies fighting for their money. Many businesses like the rivalry,too.

  • Millie Muroi
ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb speaks directly in public,but shows no love of the limelight.

First Qantas,now Coles:the star corporate lawyer beating her one-time clients

Kevin Rudd implied that Gina Cass-Gottlieb would be a patsy for the corporate world she had represented as a lawyer when she came to the ACCC. The accusation hasn’t held up.

  • Nick Bonyhady
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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 andJack Gramenz
Woolworths CEO Amanda Bardwell.

Woolworths will be ‘more transparent’ with prices on the rise,vows CEO

As the fuel crisis drives up inflation across the economy,Woolworths says it will freeze prices on 300 items for three months from Friday.

  • Jessica Yun
Shoppers share their perspective on supermarkets’ discounting practices.

‘Pretty rude’:What shoppers thought as Woolies defended discounts in court

The supermarket chain argues that its suppliers were demanding it raise prices as inflation spiked,and it then offered shoppers genuine specials.

  • Elias Visontay andJessica Yun