Cape Town – Lewis Group overcame severe trading restrictions in the first two months of the national Covid-19 lockdown to recover strongly and increase operating profit by 13.6% for the six months to September 2020. Headline earnings per share increased by 9.9% to 236 cents and the board declared an interim dividend of 133 cents…
Cape Town – Lewis Group delivered a solid trading and operational performance for the year to March 2020 before being impacted by Covid-19 and the national lockdown which contributed to headline earnings per share declining by 30.8% to 260 cents. Covid-19 adjustments reduced profit before taxation by R339 million and headline earnings by R224 million.…
Cape Town – Lewis Group increased headline earnings per share by 18.9% to 215 cents in the six months to September 2019 as the multi-brand furniture retailer delivered solid revenue growth, improved margins, reduced debtor costs and increased profitability in a deteriorating retail trading environment. The group increased its interim dividend by 14.3% to 120…
