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Myer expects lower sales, net profit amid challenging trading conditions

Inside Retail

Department store chain Myer expects fiscal first-half sales and net profit to decline year over year amid a challenging trading environment. Online sales account for 21.3 “Like many retailers, we have had to contend with inflationary pressures and greater promotional cadence, which has an impact on profits.”

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Inside Shinsegae: The Korean department store with a golden boot

Inside Retail

Shinsegae — one of the Big 3 of Korean department store retailing along with Lotte and Hyundai — has continued its great form right through into the second half of the year, helped by the removal of the country’s remaining pandemic restrictions and an increasingly buoyant mood among the country’s more affluent consumers.

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Online boom drives Myer sales boost

Inside Retail

Department store group Myer says its sales will nudge $3 billion for the full year as burgeoning online sales and “positive outcome” across all metrics drove solid growth, despite the loss of trading days to Covid during the second half. Based on unaudited accounts, sales for the year will range between $2.85

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David Jones reaches profitability for the first time in years

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Department store David Jones has clawed its way back into the black, according to a report in The Australian , after posting its first net profit since 2018. Accounts lodged with ASIC by David Jones’ holding firm Osiris Holdings tell of a healthy net profit of $83.4

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How scrutiny over prices could impact Coles’ and Woolworths’ loyalty programs

Inside Retail

Sharing the good fortune Another example of a retailer’s growing focus on loyalty programs is Australian department store, Myer. million in total and during FY23 almost 75 per cent of all purchases made at Myer were linked to a Myer One account. Myer One currently has about 4.2 million engaged members of its 7.3

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The Reject Shop’s sales remain sluggish into second half

Inside Retail

After a blockbuster first half that saw net profit soar 46.5 The company’s stores in CBD locations and large shopping centres have continued suffering compared to before the pandemic, with sales down 12 per cent compared on a 48 week period to 30 May. The remainder of the company’s store network traded up 0.9

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Analysis: Decision time looms at DJs and Myer boardrooms

Inside Retail

The viability of the two iconic department store chains, Myer and David Jones, has been seriously analysed and debated since a merger proposal by Myer was revealed in 2014. The financial collapse of traditional US and UK department stores and the impact of the pandemic has increased industry scrutiny on Myer and David Jones.