Company Earnings UpdateSainsbury’s (LSE: SBRY) 1H19 Results: Further Tepid Retail Sales Growth; Exceptional Costs Hit Bottom Line Coresight Research November 9, 2018 Executive Summary In 1H19, Sainsbury’s reported further modest growth in comparable sales, with comps up 0.6%. Total retail sales were up just 1.2%. Revenues and adjusted pretax profit came in ahead of expectations. The company has delivered its target of £160 million in EBITDA synergies from its Argos acquisition nine months ahead of plan. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Shaping What’s Next in Retail—Physical Retail, AI, Retail Media: Insights from NextGen 2025, a Coresight Research ConferenceEarnings Insights 4Q24, Week 7: Costco, Inditex and Puma Lead with Solid Fourth-Quarter Growth—InfographicThe Sentiment Split: Optimism at the Top, Strain at the Bottom; Plus, Social Commerce Shopping in Focus—US Consumer Survey InsightsThe State of In-Store Retailing 2025: The Dawn of New-Age Stores, Powered by Technology