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the warehouse group provides fy26 third quarter trading update

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The Warehouse Group's Q3 update shows mixed performance across its retail brands, with overall group sales slightly declining. Foot traffic fell 1.8% but average basket size increased 2.7%, indicating consumers are consolidating purchases. The results reflect a weak but not severe consumer demand environment in New Zealand, with no major commodity or supply chain disruption. The commercial mechanism is weak: it is a routine trading update with no material price, scarcity, or margin shock. The primary channel is consumer discretionary spending, but the impact is company-specific and modest.

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  • Group sales $700.8M in FY26 Q3, down 1.4% YoY
  • Year-to-date sales $2.3B, up 0.7% like-for-like
  • Warehouse sales $405.3M, down 2.5%
  • Warehouse Stationery sales $57.1M, down 2.9% (like-for-like +3.1%)
  • Noel Leeming sales $236.6M, up 0.7% (like-for-like +1.1%)

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Inflation is the rate at which consumer prices rise over time, typically measured by a CPI index. Central banks use policy interest rates to keep it within a target band.

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