Hallenstein sales up

Clothing retailer Hallenstein Glasson says first-half sales were up 6.7 per cent on a year ago and it expects its interim profit to be up 50 per cent.

Sales for the December and January period were up 10.7 per cent on last year and it expected a profit of between $8.1 million and $8.4 million, the company, which has more than 110 stores, including 25 in Australia, announced to the stock exchange yesterday.

An interim dividend of 14c a share has been declared, up from 10c last year.