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Booktopia Group Ltd (ASX:BKG) and these ASX small cap shares could be the ones to watch in 2021. Here's why...

Harvey Norman faces JobKeeper heat as profits double Share Pretax profit ($m) 643.9 v 301.2 Net profit ($m) 464.3 v 217.1 Interim dividend 20c, payable on May 3  Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey says the biggest issue for Australia’s largest furniture retailer is not whether it got government wage subsidies amid the biggest household spending boom in memory but where the business will be in 10 years. Mr Harvey, who owns more than 30 per cent of Harvey Norman, faces new pressure to return almost $4 million in JobKeeper subsidies after profits and dividends more than doubled in the first ...

Outlook for equities is the best Chris Stott has ever seen Feb 22, 2021 – 12.00am Share Chris Stott says he found his mind constantly drifting back to markets during a gap year spent on overseas adventures ranging from the mud, heat and humidity of the Kokoda Track to an Ashes Test at Lord’s in 2019. The fund manager, who made his name over 12 years at Wilson Asset Management from 2006 to 2018, says lots of options were on the table after Wilson, but the pull of markets was too strong to resist. Cricket fan Chris Stott said of Lord’s: “It’s a special place, the best, lived up to all...

At the time of writing, the fashion retailer’s shares are up 10% to $5.70. Why is the Universal Store share price surging higher? Investors have been fighting to get hold of the fashion retailer’s shares after it revealed that it expects to report a significant jump in its sales and earnings in the first half of FY 2021. According to the release, Universal Store’s first half sales were up 24% to approximately $118 million for the six months ended 31 December. Management advised that this was driven by a 26.5% increase in like for like sales, which offset store closures in Adelaide, Melb...