Segmental Analysis
The split per brand of turnover and profit is as follows:
| Year to | Year to | ||
| 31 August | 31 August | % | |
| 2005 | 2004 | change | |
| R'000 | R'000 | ||
| Turnover | |||
| Clicks | 4 469 078 | 3 789 307 | 17.9 |
| Discom | 975 223 | 878 703 | 11.0 |
| Entertainment | 662 293 | 544 221 | 21.7 |
| The Body Shop | 58 442 | 51 276 | 14.0 |
| United Pharmaceutical Distributors | 3 045 934 | 2 284 860 | 33.3 |
| Shared Services | 8 475 | 5 825 | 45.5 |
| Intragroup elimination | (505 107) | (184 720) | |
| Continuing operations | 8 714 338 | 7 369 472 | 18.2 |
| Discontinued operations – Australia | – | 654 651 | |
| Total | 8 714 338 | 8 024 123 | 8.6 |
| Profit before interest and tax | |||
| Clicks | 209 712 | 293 472 | (28.5) |
| Discom | 28 926 | 4 156 | 596.0 |
| Entertainment | 27 607 | 19 025 | 45.1 |
| The Body Shop | 9 522 | 10 047 | (5.2) |
| United Pharmaceutical Distributors | 89 137 | 75 600 | 17.9 |
| Shared Services unallocated | (5 954) | (7 567) | |
| Capital items | (17 084) | (284 583) | |
| Intragroup elimination | (393) | (2 500) | |
| Continuing operations | 341 473 | 107 650 | |
| Australia | – | 43 625 | |
| Intercare | – | (1 356) | |
| Capital items | – | (3 337) | |
| Discontinued operations | – | 38 932 | |
| Total | 341 473 | 146 582 |