{
  "id": 3392832,
  "title": "In Australia, Disney’s Ooshies send Woolworths whooshing ahead of Coles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/in-australia-disneys-ooshies-send-woolworths-whooshing-ahead-of-coles",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T00:46:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3365260/australia-disneys-ooshies-send-woolworths-whooshing-ahead-coles"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ooshies were not just fun to collect – the tiny plastic Disney figurines were powerful enough to move sales between Australia’s supermarket giants. Woolworths Group said on Wednesday that Australian food sales jumped 7.6 per cent in the first eight weeks of the 2027 financial year, with its Ooshies promotion contributing an estimated 1.5 to 2 percentage points of growth. That accelerated from 4.6…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Woolworths’ Ooshies craze causes Coles sales slump with parents shopping at rival supermarket to collect toys",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/woolworths-ooshies-craze-causes-coles-sales-slump-with-parents",
        "published": "2026-08-25T03:59:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Woolworths’ sales growth beats Coles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/woolworths-sales-growth-beats-coles",
        "published": "2026-08-25T22:53:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Woolworths’ sales boosted by the Ooshies effect",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/woolworths-sales-boosted-by-the-ooshies-effect",
        "published": "2026-08-25T23:16:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}