Lew’s predicament:As profits swell so does the scrutiny
Opinion
Retail

Lew’s predicament:As profits swell so does the scrutiny

With the two big retail events,Easter and Mother’s Day on the horizon,it’s a slam dunk that Premier will produce another record result for the second half of its financial year.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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Solomon Lew’s Premier to consider repaying JobKeeper after pandemic

Solomon Lew’s Premier to consider repaying JobKeeper after pandemic

Billionaire Solomon Lew’s retailing group Premier Investments has not ruled out handing back the nearly $20 million it received in JobKeeper payments despite reporting a bumper profit.

  • byDominic Powell
Where’s Solly? Lew’s gone quiet on Myer,but he’s not gone away
Opinion
Retail

Where’s Solly? Lew’s gone quiet on Myer,but he’s not gone away

There is next to no chance Solomon Lew has abandoned his Myer ambitions. The billionaire retailer has made the struggling retailer his mission.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Myer profit jump not reliant on $51m JobKeeper,says CEO King

Myer profit jump not reliant on $51m JobKeeper,says CEO King

Myer chief executive John King has said the retailer’s jump in profits over the first half of the financial year was not reliant on JobKeeper payments,despite the business claiming $51 million as part of the scheme.

  • byDominic Powell
Solomon Lew’s Just Group investigated over JobKeeper
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Retail

Solomon Lew’s Just Group investigated over JobKeeper

Australia’s workplace watchdog is investigating billionaire Solomon Lew’s Just Group retail empire over JobKeeper compliance issues.

  • byDominic Powell
Solly Lew snaps up bigger,better Thai bolthole

Solly Lew snaps up bigger,better Thai bolthole

Billionaire rag trader Solomon Lew has splashed out more than $10 million on waterfront villa in Phuket with its own private beach

  • bySamantha Hutchinson andStephen Brook
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‘Unjustly enriched’:Mounting calls for corporate Australia to repay JobKeeper as profits recover

‘Unjustly enriched’:Mounting calls for corporate Australia to repay JobKeeper as profits recover

Corporate governance experts are urging more big companies to repay funds received through JobKeeper,warning taxpayers will bear the cost for decades.

  • byDominic Powell
Australia watches from the sidelines as others rush to join a new boom

Australia watches from the sidelines as others rush to join a new boom

The ASX is sticking to its principles as cash box listings boom in the US and other jurisdictions scramble to participate.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
'He fell apart':Billionaire Solomon Lew on the demise of former business partner Donald Trump

'He fell apart':Billionaire Solomon Lew on the demise of former business partner Donald Trump

Rag trader Solomon Lew made a fortune on a deal with Donald Trump. And now he is disappointed by his political downfall.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Australian billionaires must repay JobKeeper,not pocket millions in bonuses
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JobKeeper

Australian billionaires must repay JobKeeper,not pocket millions in bonuses

A small number of companies such as Solomon Lew's Premier Investments have received $40m in taxpayer subsidies while paying large bonuses and dividends to top executives.

  • byAndrew Leigh
From corporate kryptonite to retail rainmaker - Premier's McInnes leaves on a high

From corporate kryptonite to retail rainmaker - Premier's McInnes leaves on a high

The terms of Mark McInnes'departure include two years'retail industry gardening leave during which Premier will pay him his base pay for both years - a total of $5.4 million.

  • byElizabeth Knight