'Spectacular': Briscoe's Rod Duke rapt with 1Q sales result

'Spectacular': Briscoe's Rod Duke rapt with 1Q sales result
Rod Duke was appointed managing director of Briscoe Group in 1998. (Image: NZME)
Gregor Thompson
According to managing director and deputy chair Rod Duke, Briscoe Group has again defied economic gravity as the company reported first-quarter sales to the New Zealand stock exchange on Tuesday.Talking to BusinessDesk after reporting unaudited sales for the 91 days to April 28, Duke said: “It's a spectacular result given the conditions and the forecasts we're hearing from banks, credit card data and Retail NZ.”The group reported unaudited sales of $183 million, 1.03% higher than the $181.2m achieved for the same quarter las...

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