The Warehouse Group says it continues to reap the rewards of its transformation programme as first-quarter sales improved by 4 per cent from a year ago to $694.8 million.
The latest result follows sales growth of 3.6 per cent for the same quarter last year.
Noel Leeming has continued its strong performance, with a 7.3 per cent revenue increase to $225m for the three months ended October 27 and a 6.1 per cent increase in same-store sales.
Warehouse Group chief executive Nick Grayston said this was helped by the Rugby World Cup. The tournament was streamed online this year by Spark meaning consumers had to work out their technology options.
The group's flagship red sheds had a 3.1 per cent increase in same-store sales to $368.9m. Grayston said gross profit is looking better in this business compared with last year.