Truworths International Limited announced group retail sales results for the full year ended 30 June 2019. Retail sales of the company for the 52-week period ended 30 June 2019 increased by 3.7% to ZAR 18.6 billion relative to the ZAR 18.0 billion reported for the 52-week period ended 1 July 2018. Account sales comprised 51% of Group retail sales for the current period compared to 50% last year, with account and cash sales increasing by 4.5% and 2.8% respectively, relative to the prior period.

The company provided group earnings guidance for the full year ended 30 June 2019. The group's diluted headline earnings per share for the current period are expected to decrease by between 65% and 67% to between 203 cents and 215 cents, relative to the comparable prior period's diluted headline earnings per share of 615 cents. However, relative to the 52-week prior period diluted HEPS of 558 cents to 570 cents, diluted headline earnings per share are expected to decrease between 7% and 9%.