{"id":90286,"date":"1999-12-31T00:46:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/harvey-norman-surges-8-8-on-improved-retail-trading-data\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:46:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:46:00","slug":"harvey-norman-surges-8-8-on-improved-retail-trading-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/harvey-norman-surges-8-8-on-improved-retail-trading-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Norman Surges 8.8% On Improved Retail Trading Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A $20K tax incentive for small business initiated by the Coalition Federal Government coupled with a boom in house sales has paid off for Australian retailers especially for consumer electronics and appliance retailers.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">New Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that retail turnover increased by 0.7% in seasonally adjusted terms in June following a 0.4% rise in May.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The June figure is nearly double the 0.4% increase that economists polled on Bloomberg were expecting.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">Electrical and furniture retailer Harvey Norman Holdings Limited surged 8.8% to a more than one-month high of $4.84 &#8211; making it the best performer on the ASX 200 index in early afternoon trade.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">In the latest ABS data it was household goods retailing that proved to be the brightest star with the category growing by 2.2% as New South Wales led the states with 1% growth.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">Next week JB Hi Fi is tipped to announce an increase in sales despite some CE categories slowing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">Embattled department store Myer also went up earlier today jumping 3.2% to $1.30 even though the ABS data showed that department store sales slipped 0.1% for the month.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">Motley Fool said that &#8220;The fall wasn&#8217;t as bad as some had anticipated but that is hardly a catalyst for a re-rating in the stock as management is undertaking a rejuvenation program&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">This year JB Hi-Fi Limited is 20% up since January 2015 and is now trading at $19.46 with a further rise tipped next week.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">Another CE retailer that analysts are watching is Dick Smith who yesterday confirmed what ChannelNews has been saying for several months in that they are finally expanding into consumer appliances, setting it up for head-to-head competition with JB Hi-Fi Limited and Harvey Norman as well as the The Good Guys and Bing Lee.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">Dick Smith CEO told ChannelNews that he is looking to grab 10% market share in the $1.7 billion small appliances market which some analysts claim is an optimistic target as he has to firstly get access to several brands and then compete head on with the likes of Harvey Norman who recently expanded their range of small appliances.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The move comes as several appliance retailer admitted to ChannelNews that it was Aldi who was stripping appliance market share away from them a move which several said was &#8220;a real threat&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">CEO Nick Abboud told Fairfax media, &#8220;Just after Christmas a lot of suppliers will bring in products with apps &#8211; 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