Coles sales growth slows to trickle as Woolies fights back

By Catie Low
Updated April 27 2017 - 2:18pm, first published 12:06pm
Pictures is the first Bunnings UK store in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
The first Bunnings Warehouse store in the UK and Ireland opened its doors to customers today (Thursday 2 February) in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. The pilot store, on the site of the former Homebase in Griffiths Way, is a major step towards establishing the Bunnings Warehouse format in the UK??????s ????38billion-a-year home improvement and garden market.
Photo: supplied . Photo: Supplied
Pictures is the first Bunnings UK store in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The first Bunnings Warehouse store in the UK and Ireland opened its doors to customers today (Thursday 2 February) in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. The pilot store, on the site of the former Homebase in Griffiths Way, is a major step towards establishing the Bunnings Warehouse format in the UK??????s ????38billion-a-year home improvement and garden market. Photo: supplied . Photo: Supplied

Hardware giant Bunnings was the only retailer in Wesfarmers' stable to hit double digit sales growth in the third quarter, as fierce competition in grocery and a resurgent Woolworths punches a hole in Coles' growth plans.

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