Original article by Sue Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 & 22 : 28-Oct-15

Harvey Norman has posted pre-tax earnings of $A91.8m for the first quarter of 2015-16, which is 27.8 per cent higher than previously. The retailer’s same-store sales in Australia rose by 7.1 per cent year-on-year, and chairman Gerry Harvey says consumer confidence is at its highest level for at least seven years. Fantastic Holdings and Super Retail Group have also reported healthy growth in sales so far in 2015-16. The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence index has increased by 0.1 per cent to 113.4 in the last week.

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HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX HVN, FANTASTIC HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX FAN, SUPER RETAIL GROUP LIMITED – ASX SUL, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, PACIFIC BRANDS LIMITED – ASX PBG, NONI B LIMITED – ASX NBL, SUPER CHEAP AUTO, REBEL SPORT LIMITED, RAY’S OUTDOORS, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, BIG W DISCOUNT STORES, CITIGROUP PTY LTD