Two years of generating hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue, yet ended up with net loss after tax. The past two years of pandemic has been a bumpy roller coaster period full of terror for Ardent Leisure Group (ASX: ALG) but the ride is now turning for shareholders. As more people come back to
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We might not have time to stop and smell a rose, but a candle? Now we’re talking. However, that might not be the case anymore as households face the pressures of rising prices. People would rather plug their noses than invest in fragrances, as home fragrance company dusk’s (ASX: DSK) results for the first half of FY23 reveal.
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Despite aggressive marketing strategies and advertising, premium food business Maggie Beer (ASX: MBH) failed to catch people’s fancy in H1 FY23 as its net sales fell 4.5% to $49.9 million. While retail did okay, its online segment struggled to keep up.
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Fancy $100 million dollar lounges, free high-speed WiFi, new business class suites—the Qantas Group (ASX: QAN) is flexing every muscle to bring customers back after a three-year lull. It looks like it’s working. Even as airfares have increased by about 20%, people are on a post-Covid travel high, helping Qantas rake in the dough. In
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ASX-listed semiconductor company Archer Materials (ASX: AXE) has increased its global presence as an industry leader, joining the Academia-Industry Collaboration Program, with a team to be based in Switzerland.
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They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but higher cost of living and slower growth in discretionary income might hinder young Australians into spending so much on high-ticket fine jewelleries. Instead, they have been seeking alternatives in affordable fashion jewelleries that of course, require far less commitment than buying real diamonds. For fashion jewellery
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In the world of Instagram and TikTok, where you can’t find who first choreographed that trending dance due to lack of credits, Jaxsta (ASX: JXT) stands out. It gives credit where credit’s due and will now do so via social media. A database of music credits, Jaxsta has acquired the musician social networking site Vampr
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Nothing can stop Aussies from travelling—or so it seems. Even as prices rise, people are ticking destinations off their bucket lists in a post-Covid voyaging spree. And the travel group Flight Centre (ASX: FLT) is the better for it. In the first half of FY23, its earnings were at $95 million, 19% more than its
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This week marks the first week of university orientation in major universities across Australia. Among these new students experiencing first day jitters and excitement are more than 40,000 Chinese students who have touched down on Australian soil. Observing opportunities to facilitate and simplify the way these students contribute to the Australian economy, digital payments specialist
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If news of tech layoffs has been bumming you out, perhaps this will cheer you up: job vacancies are up in the hospitality and retail spaces after a brief lull in H2 FY22. And job ads website Seek (ASX: SEK) has moved its investments around to commit itself to job seekers and hunters alone. Job
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