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Major retail chains yield to consumer pressure over facial scans
Two retailers refused to back down before being reported today to have paused the technology.
Facing up: Choice reveals retailers scanning customer ‘faceprints’ on entry
Kmart, The Good Guys and Bunnings were found to use facial recognition technology to identify customers who enter stores...
Chemist Warehouse accused of price tampering during Black Friday sales
According to a report by consumer advocate Choice, at least three products saw prices a collective 38 per cent higher th...
Can too much choice overload consumers?
Psychologists found supermarket shoppers confronted with a larger choice range were more likely to make a sub-optimal ch...
Choice blasts Freedom Foods over “bag of sugar”
Shonkys takes aim at Health Star Rating and singles out XO Crunch for "health washing".
Choice urges ministers to act on health star rating
Lower Health Star Rating may lead to penalising products with high sugar content.
Customers more satisfied with local supermarkets: Choice
Locally produced goods and ease of parking push smaller chains ahead.
Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Smash makes it on Choice Shonkys list
Choice Shonkys 2018 names and shames misleading brands.
CHOICE calls for better alcoholic drinks labelling
Consumer group wants kilojoule labelling to be improved.
Coles chief says expensive grocery prices are ‘crazy’
Supermarket giant plans to convert an additional 180 stores to include bakeries.
ALDI emerges as cheapest supermarket in Australia
CHOICE survey reveals the most expensive grocery.
CHOICE launches campaign against latest product industry proposal
Consumer group against removal of product weight on packaging.
Kids’ vitamin gummies: unhealthy, poorly regulated and exploitative
They are "not a substitute" for a healthy diet.
EFA welcomes new free range egg labelling standard
It will inform consumers of hen stock density on packaging.
Watchdog takes court action on “flushable” wipes
ACCC files case against Kimberly-Clark and rival Pental for "misleading" wipes claims.
Vanish defends product after Choice Shonky shame
Consumer advocacy group names this year's 'worst performing products'.
CHOICE statements ‘disingenuous’
Confectionery industry slams suggestions they are not doing their part in the Health Star Rating System.
CHOICE calls out junk food giants
Consumer group encourages major brands to roll out Health Stars Ratings on all their products.