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Baby Bunting records higher profits, plans expansion into New Zealand

Inside Retail

Net profit after tax was $8.1 per cent and accounted for 59 per cent of online sales in areas where the company has a physical store. In a results presentation, Baby Bunting’s CEO and MD, Matt Spencer indicated the company has plans to enter the New Zealand market with 10 stores. million, up by 12.2 per cent to $56.8

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12 Accounting Mistakes New Business Owners Often Make

Small Biz Trends

A new business won’t survive long if it doesn’t have solid cash flow and a good accounting system in place. To that end, a panel of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) members answered the following question: “What’s one accounting mistake that new business owners might tend to make, and why? How can they fix it?”

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Super Retail Group delivers record sales, eyes expansion

Inside Retail

billion although tax-paid net profit fell 20 per cent to $244.1 Online sales grew 44 per cent to $601 million with click-and-collect accounting for 55 per cent of online sales — surging 73 per cent to $332 million. For the year to July 2, the business says sales grew 2.8 per cent to $3.55

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Why Thailand’s rainy season is a double-edged sword for its DIY chains

Inside Retail

The growth was partly assisted by the opening of eight net new stores since mid-2022, and five more are planned for the second half of this year. Net profit for the first half was up 6.6 Net profit was 1.6 These results have not deterred the company from its expansion plans. billion baht (US$1.1

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Covid dulls first-half earnings for Harvey Norman

Inside Retail

Net profit after tax reached $430.91 The profits of the Australian franchising operations segment were estimated at $292.85 The company said overseas sales, which now account for 27 per cent of company turnover, have grown by 46.2 Total system sales were estimated at $4.91 billion with EBIT at $754.41 million, down 6.7

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Mango profits double as sales hit record €3bn

Retail Gazette

Mango has seen its net profit more than double as it rose to €172m (£147m) for the year to 31 December 2023 compared to €81m (£69m) last year. Online turnover also soared to over €1bn for the first time as it accounted for 33% of the group’s total turnover.

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Online drives H&M profit recovery – but sales still lag pre-Covid era

Inside Retail

H&M grew its online business by 24 per cent last year to the point e-commerce now accounts for about one-third of its total sales. In what the Stockholm-headquartered multinational fast-fashion retailer described as a “strong recovery” H&M increased its net profit nearly seven-fold to US$1.5 billion. “We