While retail has been struggling, Briscoe Group has been bucking the trend, with the group expected to "easily exceed" its 2013 annual profit of $33.58 million, with revenue increases across the board.
Rod Duke, chief executive of the group which includes Briscoes Homeware, Living & Giving, and Rebel Sport, still runs and owns most of the company, and said last month that he was optimistic about the company's full-year result, with its half-year result up by 10 per cent on last year.
"As we begin the crucial final quarter we remain optimistic in our outlook," Duke said. "We are certainly encouraged by our performance to date and are confident that the group's full-year tax-paid profit will easily exceed last year's tax-paid profit result of $33.58 million."
Duke was a finalist for this year's Deloitte Top 200 executive of the year award, with Briscoe Group also a finalist for the company of the year.
The judges described Duke as an "original", adding that the success he had achieved with the company in the past few years was hard to ignore.
