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2024 Annual General Meeting Presentation
Company Presentation, Chairman's Address to Shareholders
- Oct 23, 2024
- 36 pages
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Chair and Chief Executive Officer's Address to Shareholders
Chairman's Address to Shareholders
- Oct 23, 2024
- 6 pages
August
The directors under 50 making their mark on top ASX boards
BOSS talks to five directors under the age of 50 about their careers and the experience they bring to the boards on which they serve.
- Sally Patten
July
Bombed out retailers stage comeback ahead of results season
There is plenty of pressure on household budgets, but retailers from Universal Store to shoe chain owner Accent Group say trading is picking up.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Joanne Tran
May
‘The gap below Cartier and Tiffany’: Michael Hill’s luxury play
ASX-listed jeweller Michael Hill has been undergoing a major rebranding exercise.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
Why Michael Hill chose Chadstone to sell $1m diamond earrings
Michael Hill’s global flagship store will open in Melbourne’s biggest mall Chadstone, and will include a $1m pair of yellow diamond drop earrings.
- Larry Schlesinger
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
April 2023
Michael Hill sparkles in $45m buy of jewellery chain
The ASX-listed jeweller has snapped up family owned Bevilles Jewellers which will allow it to service the entire fine jewellery sector.
- Carrie LaFrenz
November 2022
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
These retail stocks should be in your Christmas stocking
When it comes to navigating cyclical or structural challenges, retailers are the masters of adaptation.
- Elio D'Amato
What investors need to look for in small-cap wreckage
If the bears are right, then stocks can go lower in 2023. But cashed-up investors will find rich pickings. When the turn comes, it will be fast and large.
- Tony Featherstone
September 2022
The RBA’s rate rises aren’t working on shoppers (yet)
Many retailing CEOs say spending is still solid after four rate rises and there is no sign of the “demand destruction” the RBA is aiming for.
- Simon Evans and Carrie LaFrenz
July 2022
Michael Hill shares jump on strong June quarter
The result marks the company’s 12th quarter of positive same-store sales growth since the 2019 financial year’s third quarter.
- Lucas Baird
January 2022
City Chic shares jump 11pc despite supply chain pain
CEO Phil Ryan says City Chic is stockpiling inventory, paying factories earlier to get priority processing and bulking up orders to fight supply chain issues.
- Updated
- Kanika Sood and Alex Gluyas
December 2021
Shares rally in first session after Christmas
The S&P/ASX 200 closed up 89.5 points or 1.2 per cent to 7509.8. Michael Hill surged 21 per cent; ASX junior caught up in Xi’an lockdown.
- Updated
- Vesna Poljak
November 2021
The retail stocks set to benefit from Christmas spending boom
Retailers who can pass on higher input costs to consumers and have greater control over their supply chain are best placed to benefit.
- Alex Gluyas
October 2021
- Exclusive
- Retail
Brett Blundy says Australian retail will be OK
The Lovisa chairman said the fashion jewellery chain had a “ripper of a day” on Monday as shops finally reopened around NSW.
- Carrie LaFrenz
August 2021
- Exclusive
- Coronavirus pandemic
CEOs say stop case numbers obsession
Business leaders have backed calls by the Prime Minister and NSW Premier for state leaders to move on from a preoccupation with daily virus infection figures.
- Lucas Baird, Angela Macdonald-Smith and Carrie LaFrenz
Why Michael Hill’s CEO is optimistic despite lockdown mauling
The retailer has reinstated its final dividend after net profit rose 15-fold in 2021, but lockdowns have crunched earnings in the first few weeks of 2022.
- Sue Mitchell
April 2021
Michael Hill’s sales rebound despite store closures
The jewellery chain appears on track to deliver profit growth in 2021, despite ongoing forced store closures, achieving strong same-store sales and margin growth in the March quarter.
- Updated
- Sue Mitchell
February 2021
Michael Hill pays dividend as profits rebound
Strong online sales and fatter gross margins helped offset the impact of forced store closures, enabling the jewellery retailer to pay an interim dividend.
- Sue Mitchell
January 2021
Michael Hill upbeat after bumper Christmas trade
The jewellery retailer with international operations was hit hard during the pandemic but says its local Australian sites have had an outstanding Christmas.
- Carrie LaFrenz
December 2020
Michael Hill shares rebound as sales surge
The jewellery retailer forecast higher December-half profits after a surge in same-store sales in the year-to-date.
- Sue Mitchell