ASX & Media Release Thursday 12 September 2013 Myer Full Year Results ending 27 July 2013 Full year total sales up 0.8 percent to $3,145 million Operating gross profit up 1.8 percent to $1,312 million Operating gross margin up 40 basis points to 41.7 percent Net profit after tax down 8.7 percent to $127 million Full year dividend of 18 cents, fully franked FY2013 Financial Highlights Sales Total sales up 0.8% to $3,145 million, up 0.4% on a comparable store sales basis Myer Exclusive Brands sales up $40 million to 20.0% of sales, Concessions up $18 million to 15.4% of sales Operating gross profit Operating gross profit up 1.8% to $1,312 million Operating gross profit margin up 40 basis points (bps) to 41.7% Earnings Cost of doing
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The key factor that influenced Costco’s financial performance during 2012 is customer loyalty. The number of Costco members increased by 11%, even after membership fees increased. Although there were tough economic conditions in 2012, Costco managed to grow the business by 17 locations in 2012. Increasing sales is also critical to Costco’s success. The number of warehouses that exceeded $200 million in annual sales volume rose from 93 locations in 2011 to 134 locations in 2012: and eight of those warehouses exceeded $300 million in annual sales.
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With increasing demand for these facilities, organizations are seeing 25 to 60 percent increases (November 27, 1986). For example, the Holy Trinity Ministry to the Poor projected a 144 percent increase this year (November 27, 1986). The economy of Texas with an unemployment rate of 9.5 percent (1.5 percent higher the past year) along with the increasing number of transient out-of-towners has helped increase the problem with homeless being on the streets (November 27, 1986). In addition, the shortage of more than 45,000 units of low-income housing,
For the year 2008, revenues coming from North America accounted for eight billion and ninety million US dollars, which represent 55.2% of the total revenues of the company. Sales in Europe accounted for five billion four hundred and forty three million US dollars, which represent 37.2% of total global sales. Cumulative sales coming from other regions are totaling one billion one hundred and thirteen million US dollars, or 7.6 % of total sales. Carnival carries around eight million passengers annually, which makes it the biggest cruise company in the world. Each year approximately 10 million people in North America make cruise vacations (around 9.5 million in the U.S. and 700,000 in Canada).
The impact of immigration, because it includes undocumented illegal immigrants States: For the only time in the 20th century, the population of all 50 states increased, ranging from a tiny half-percent rise in North Dakota to the booming 66 percent in Nevada. Eighty percent of the nation's 3,141 counties and equivalent areas grew, compared with 55 percent in the 1980s. Eight of the 10 largest cities gained population in the 1990s, with only
In that time, almost every business and many individuals used express mail delivery services to ship their documents and parcels. In 1973, Federal Express, one of the major players of the market, invented the concept of overnight mail delivery. Soon it was followed by the other two major competitors- Airborne Express and United Postal Service (UPS) and in 1996 alone, businesses and individuals spent $17-18 billion on expedited shipments within the United States. The Express delivery market shipped over 5 million packages a day. For the past decade, the shipment volume has risen by 15-20% per year and the industry observers estimated the annual growth rate of 10% for next 5-10 years.