The Reject Shop Limited announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for the half year ended December 31, 2018. For the half year period, the company's sales revenue was AUD 432.723 million compared to AUD 437.596 million year ago. Total revenue from continuing operations was AUD 432.751 million compared to AUD 437.615 million year ago. Profit for the half year was AUD 10.559 million compared to AUD 17.721 million a year ago. EBIT of AUD 15.450 million compared to AUD 25.752 million a year ago. Basic earnings per share were 36.5 cents compared to 61.4 cents a year ago. Diluted earnings per share were 35.9 cents compared to 60.4 cents a year ago.

Regardless of the last two weeks, for guidance purposes the directors expect The Reject Shop to deliver a second half of fiscal 2019 net loss of between AUD 6.5 million to AUD 7.5 million on the assumption that comparable sales for the full second half sit between negative 2% and negative 3%.

The company expect to deliver a net profit after tax for the full year 2019 of AUD 3.1 million and AUD 4.1 million.