Retail entity

Coles Group

Company

Coles Group is most often covered alongside Woolworths Group, which appears in 3 of these 4 stories. Each story carries 8 original sources on average, compared with 3.3 for the broader beat in this window. Across a 35-day span, the pace is roughly 0.8 stories per week.

Last mentioned: Mar 26, 2026

Entity pulse

Recent coverage · Coles Group

4 stories
6.3 avg impact
0% positive
75% negative

Coverage balance Negative coverage leads. Negative coverage exceeds positive coverage by 75 percentage points.

  • 25% neutral
  • 75% negative

Figures are computed live from our source-verified story record — see our methodology for how impact and sentiment are derived.

What the coverage shows about Coles Group

Coles Group is most often covered alongside Woolworths Group, which appears in 3 of these 4 stories. Each story carries 8 original sources on average, compared with 3.3 for the broader beat in this window. Across a 35-day span, the pace is roughly 0.8 stories per week. logistics accounts for 2 of the 4 tracked stories, while 2 other categories carry the remainder. Their average consequence score of 6.3 sits level with the 6.3 recorded across the beat in that window. This profile follows 4 Retail stories mentioning Coles Group across the period from February 20, 2026 to March 26, 2026.

Stories tracked
4
Per week
0.8
Sources per story
8

Computed from the 4 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 697 Retail stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.

Coverage cohort

Appears alongside

Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Coles Group. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.

Timeline

  1. Damage Assessment

    Anticipated window for retailers to begin assessing physical store and warehouse damage.

  2. Stay Inside Order

    Authorities issue 'do not venture outside' warnings, halting all retail logistics.

  3. Cyclone Landfall

    Cyclone Narelle hits; regional news outlets issue emergency alerts.

  4. Pre-Storm Stockpiling

    Consumers surge to physical and digital stores for emergency supplies.

Stories mentioning Coles Group 4

Supply Chain Negative

Cyclone Narelle Disrupts Australian Retail as Landfall Triggers Store Closures

Severe Cyclone Narelle has triggered emergency 'do not venture outside' warnings across multiple Australian regions, forcing a widespread shutdown of physical retail operations. The storm is expected to cause significant disruptions to national supply chains and last-mile delivery networks, shifting consumer behavior toward digital stockpiling and essential services.

10 sources

Coles Group is linked from 4 stories on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.

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