Image: Shutterstock Australian consumers’ choices on websites and apps are being manipulated through online designs taking advantage of their weaknesses. That’s according to research on...

Image: Shutterstock Lettuce prices are skyrocketing. Twitter users are posting photos of iceberg lettuces for A$10 and $11.99, well above the more usual $2.80. It’s not new, and it’s...

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has won a major battle against Australia’s biggest energy company, AGL Energy, thwarting its plan to split up the...

Image: Shutterstock Have you noticed your favourite chocolate is a little smaller, there are fewer biscuits in the same-sized package or bags of chips contain more air? If you haven’t,...

Image: Eva Elija/Pexels What do Beyond Good, Alter Eco, Tony’s Chocolonely and Whittaker’s all have in common? Besides producing delicious chocolate, they are the “good eggs” in this year’s chocolate scorecard. Each is...

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP The Morrison government has spent years bringing in a law supposed to ensure electricity retailers pass on lower prices to customers. Yet...

Image: Shutterstock In times like these, when there is great uncertainty about what will happen to interest rates, borrowers get lots of advice about whether...

Image: James Ross/AAP Australia does not have a food shortage. Supply has been disrupted in some locations due to staff absences caused by COVID, that’s...

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP Australia has experienced plenty of supermarket shortages since the COVID pandemic began. The emerging crisis now is a bit different. In 2020 and...

Image: Shutterstock COVID-19 has dramatically changed how businesses and consumers behave. We’ve seen panic buying, the rise of the “homebody economy” and a strong shift...