date:Aug 13, 2014
tially aimed to have 150 stores by this year.
Five consecutive years of losses at the home improvement unit through 2016 will make it harder for chief executive officer Grant OBrien to restore annual earnings growth of more than 10 per cent, which Woolworths achieved for 11 consecutive years to 2010. The chain will likely post A$2.45 billion in net income in annual results due 29 August, an 8.6 per cent increase from a year earlier, according to the average of 11 analyst estimates compiled by B