{"id":87193,"date":"1999-12-31T00:58:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/officeworks-profit-amidst-difficult-conditions\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:58:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:58:00","slug":"officeworks-profit-amidst-difficult-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/officeworks-profit-amidst-difficult-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Officeworks Profit Amidst &#8216;Difficult Conditions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wesfarmer&#8217;s Officeworks announced a steady growth yesterday with the company generating $1.5 billion in sales in the recent fiscal year.<\/p>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" >Compared to last year, the office supplies company generated 4.4 per cent more in sales, with sales across its store networks growing by 5.2 per cent.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" >&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" >In the fourth quarter, the office supply chain made $360 million worth of sales, up 1.1 per cent compared to the same time last year.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" ><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" >Although Officeworks produced solid figures, its limited growth was attributed to a volatile retail market, according to Wesfarmers Managing Director Richard Goyder, who said &#8220;sales for the year [were] underpinned by strong transaction growth despite challenging and volatile trading conditions in both retail and business customer segments.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" ><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" >While Officeworks&#8217; Managing Director John Gillam believed hard work combined with customer offers will help the chain improve in what he deems &#8220;difficult conditions.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wesfarmer&#8217;s Officeworks announced a steady growth yesterday with the company generating $1.5 billion in sales in the recent fiscal year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-archive","category-retail","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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