Myer shares surged more than 18 per cent to a six-year high after the department store rewarded its long-suffering shareholders with a special dividend, after posting its highest half-year net profit in almost a decade.
Chief executive John King said sales had held up in January and February, but the growth rate was slowing in a sign that higher interest rates and other cost of living pressures were starting to take effect.
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