‘Business is strong’:Retail billionaire Solomon Lew shrugs off spending headwinds

‘Business is strong’:Retail billionaire Solomon Lew shrugs off spending headwinds

The owner of Peter Alexander and Smiggle plans to open 30 new stores for each brand as it eyes overseas growth.

  • byJessica Yun

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Retail billionaire upbeat on spending as Premier enjoys bumper Black Friday

Retail billionaire upbeat on spending as Premier enjoys bumper Black Friday

Rag trader Solomon Lew is confident Australian consumers are going to keep spending this summer despite higher interest rates.

  • byEmma Koehn
Solly Lew’s pick wins seat at Myer table

Solly Lew’s pick wins seat at Myer table

Former Myer Grace Bros boss Terry McCartney said the department store had ‘found its legs again’,as he comes onboard as a director.

  • byEmma Koehn
Solly Lew’s Myer candidate gets the cold shoulder from ISS

Solly Lew’s Myer candidate gets the cold shoulder from ISS

A major proxy advisory firm has said Myer shareholders should not support a motion to bring one of Solomon Lew’s nominees onto the board.

  • byEmma Koehn
‘Surprising and inappropriate’:Myer’s failed ultimatum to Solomon Lew
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‘Surprising and inappropriate’:Myer’s failed ultimatum to Solomon Lew

McCartney might be Premier’s Trojan horse but as the largest shareholder Lew’s Premier is entitled to have a representative on the Myer board.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘Long way to go’:Lew says Myer still has work to do on turnaround
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‘Long way to go’:Lew says Myer still has work to do on turnaround

Billionaire rag trader Solly Lew’s retail giant is doling out a bumper dividend as the business banks records sales for the year.

  • byEmma Koehn
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‘Party’s over’:Retailers brace for grim times as spending dries up

‘Party’s over’:Retailers brace for grim times as spending dries up

Australia’s retail sector has been warned to prepare for a tough period as compounding pressures threaten to send spending plummeting.

  • byDominic Powell
Peter Alexander,Smiggle boss says ‘long way to go’ for CBD bounce back

Peter Alexander,Smiggle boss says ‘long way to go’ for CBD bounce back

Premier Investments shareholders will receive a record dividend despite a profit slide after the company posted its strongest online sales figures to date.

  • byEmma Koehn
Premier,Kogan reveal strong online sales,supply chain struggles

Premier,Kogan reveal strong online sales,supply chain struggles

Supply chain issues are continuing to wreak havoc on the Australian retail market with Kogan hit particularly hard.

  • byDominic Powell
Omicron not putting a dampener on Christmas yet,says Lew

Omicron not putting a dampener on Christmas yet,says Lew

Billionaire retailer Solomon Lew says he has seen no signs of a slowdown in spending from shoppers despite the pending threat of the Omicron variant.

  • byDominic Powell
Only vaccinated shoppers should be allowed in malls,says Solly Lew

Only vaccinated shoppers should be allowed in malls,says Solly Lew

The retail billionaire,whose company owns chains like Peter Alexander,JayJays and Smiggle,has called on both shopping centre owners and the government to ban unvaccinated shoppers from malls.

  • byDominic Powell