Retail

The merger brought together a pharmaceutical wholesaler and distributor with one of Australia's best-known pharmacy retail brands. FY26 was the first full financial year after it. The company describes its result as "not simply larger after the merger, it is structurally more encouraging", which …

Premier sold five Apparel Brands labels to Myer in early 2025, leaving two labels in that division. That transaction produced a large in-specie distribution to shareholders and substantial one-off profits in FY25, which complicates every year-on-year comparison. The continuing-operations comparison is therefore the more …

Nick Scali sells sofas, dining furniture and other lounge and living room products through showrooms in Australia and New Zealand under the Nick Scali and Plush brands, and in the UK through its Fabb Furniture business. It operates a vertically integrated model: it designs, …

Underlying EBIT was A$503.7 million, within the guided range of A$501 million to A$505 million. Underlying net profit after tax fell 2.4% to A$268.8 million, just below the A$268 million to A$270 million guidance range, and underlyingEarnings Per Sharefell 2.4% to 24.5 cents.

Key HighlightsRevenue rose 17.6% to A$938.8 million for FY26.Comparable store sales grew 2.0%, while the company opened 160 new stores.EBIT rose 14.1% to A$158.2 million, and net profit after tax rose 10.7% to A$95.6 million.GrossMarginrose 60 basis points to 82.6%, and the full-yearDividendwas 86 …

Key HighlightsGroup sales rose 4.8% to a record A$11.064 billion for the year to 30 June 2026.Net profit after tax was A$489.9 million, with the statutory figure up 6.0%.The totalDividendwas 337 cents per share, fully franked, up 22.5%.Net cash was A$206.5 million with no …

Harvey Norman is unusual among retailers. It earns income from franchising, collecting fees and rent from independent franchisees who run its Australian stores, from company-operated overseas retail in countries including New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Ireland, and from a large property portfolio that is …