OFF THE SHELF.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Ferguson, Adele
- Source
- BRW. 10/5/2006, Vol. 28 Issue 39, p34-37. 4p. 1 Chart.
- Subject
- *RETAIL industry
*SUPERMARKETS
*GROCERY industry
*SUPPLIERS
*SUPPLY chains
- Language
- ISSN
- 0727-758X
The article discusses moves by retail suppliers and competitors to grapple with the escalating power of supermarket chains in Australia. The best way for retail suppliers to adapt is to pinpoint trends abroad and determine how applicable they are in Australia. Despite the market dominance of such supermarket chains as Coles Myer and Woolsworths, they are a few years behind the rest of the world and are busy playing catch-up.