Retail & eCommerce Briefing: Sep 28 - Australia (5 stories)

Earnings call transcript: Costco Q4 2025 beats estimates, stock rises

$285 million wipe-out for Myer after flat sales and impairment on fashion brands acquisition

Investors have soured on Myer Holdings (ASX: MYR) as the department store group reports flat sales and a significant impairment relating to its quasi-merger with Premier Investments, sending shares downwards by more than a quarter and wiping $285 million from its valuation this morning. The Melbourne-headquartered company has revealed a st...

UK retail outlook 2025 faces budget jitters rising costs and slowing cashflow

Five Below soars 64% after November 2024 fair value analysis proves accurate

Smiggle slumps as Peter Alexander surges in transformational year for Premier Investments

Slimmed down retailer Premier Investments (ASX: PMV) has defied a slump in sales from its Smiggle business to post a 31 per cent increase in full-year net profit to $338.2 million for FY25. The earnings performance has been achieved in a transformational year for Premier Investments which offloaded its Apparel Brands division – which comp...