ASX Announcements
Change of Director's Interest Notice - Mark Teperson
Change of Director’s Interest Notice
- Nov 1, 2024
- 3 pages
Notification regarding unquoted securities - BBN
Appendix 3G (Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted Equity Securities)
- Nov 1, 2024
- 6 pages
July
Baby bump: Investors probe Baby Bunting’s surging share price
A simple explanation for the dramatic share price increase is it could finally be turning the corner after a very challenging period.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Baby Bunting plots expansion on the back of HMC’s property portfolio
The retailer fell on tough times but its new CEO is expanding the network into fresh areas with smaller formats and exclusive products.
- Carrie LaFrenz
June
Retailers have bigger worries than possible interest rate rise
Nick Scali and Harvey Norman say they are getting squeezed from all directions. A rate rise would add to their woes but other costs are doing more damage.
- Carrie LaFrenz and James Eyers
Investors fear more profit downgrades as pricing power crumbles
Erosion of pricing power for which many companies were once vaunted is shaping as the next leg of the confession season with less than a month of trading left.
- Simon Evans
May
David Di Pilla’s HMC Capital takes big stake in Baby Bunting
The country’s largest maternity and baby good retailer has had a poor year, with earnings downgrade and executives departures pushing shares a third lower.
- Kylar Loussikian
Shares smashed as optimistic shoppers prove no match for retail weakness
JB Hi-Fi and Baby Bunting were among stocks to slide amid disappointing earnings. But new Barrenjoey analysis suggests that the worst may have passed.
- Simon Evans and Tom Richardson
September 2023
- Opinion
- Retail
Retailers hope new stores will beat the spending blues
New stores are helping retailers grow topline sales but if conditions deteriorate, they may drag on earnings.
- Sue Mitchell
August 2023
- Opinion
- Retail
Retailers face triple-whammy challenge
The post-COVID normalisation in demand has coincided with a cost-of-living crunch and soaring costs, which will squeeze sales and earnings in 2024.
- Sue Mitchell
June 2023
Fear factor grips retailers as spending slows
A sharp slide in sales is forcing retailers to accelerate discounting and promotions amid warnings that the downturn in consumer spending could be deeper than during the early 1990s recession.
- Updated
- Simon Evans, Carrie LaFrenz and James Eyers
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why this rate rise will rattle corporate Australia and investors
Plunging consumer stocks are the canary in the coal mine for the corporate sector, and Tuesday’s rate rise will expand the pockets of pain investors are seeing.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Baby Bunting dumped to five-year low as profits slump
Shares in the retailer fell more than 16 per cent after it cut guidance following poor performance of a key promotional sale in May.
- Carrie LaFrenz
May 2023
Baby Bunting snares AfterPay executive as new CEO
Mark Teperson, a 20-year veteran of retail and fintech, will take over in October. Baby Bunting says he brings a track record of exceptional results.
- Carrie LaFrenz
February 2023
Baby Bunting boss to exit as shares tumble on slowing sales
The specialist baby goods group suffered as people shifted to buying basics such as nappies and babywear at Kmart, Target and Big W.
- Simon Evans
January 2023
Super Retail CEO: ‘great revenge’ spend rolls on
Punishment and praise: the market reactions to the profit results of Super Retail Group and Baby Bunting could not have been more starkly different.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
December 2022
Record Black Friday primes Solly Lew’s Premier Christmas
Premier Retail, which owns brands Smiggle, Dotti and Peter Alexander, achieved record sales during this year’s Black Friday sales event.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
September 2022
Shame file companies tout wave of women outside C-suite
Chief Executive Women’s new survey, done in partnership with Bain & Co, found multiple well-known names have zero women in high-ranking executive roles. But the targeted groups say it lacks merit.
- Carrie LaFrenz, Simon Evans, Brad Thompson and Ayesha de Kretser
August 2022
Baby Bunting profits bumped up 15pc
Delays in opening new stores because of shortages of construction materials and workers have held back Baby Bunting’s annual sales growth. But annual net profits still jumped 15 per cent.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Think markets have bottomed? Profit season says be careful
Softer inflation data and solid profits have investors asking whether the worst is behind us. But tailwinds that took profits to record levels are reversing.
- James Thomson
March 2022
More price hikes coming, shoppers told
Consumers will need to pare back purchases of discretionary items like televisions, blenders and Botox treatments as the rising cost of fuel and materials forces more companies to raise prices, business leaders say.
- Jenny Wiggins, Carrie LaFrenz and Simon Evans
February 2022
Baby Bunting CEO says omicron has moderate impact
Australia’s largest specialty retailer of maternity and baby goods has raised its half-year dividend by 13.8 per cent.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz