Operator
Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Endeavour Group’s F ’26 First Quarter Trading Update. [Operator Instructions] Endeavour Group’s CEO, Kate Beattie, will provide some opening remarks followed by a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to Kate Beattie, CEO. Please go ahead.
Kate Beattie
Interim CEO
Thank you, and thanks, everyone, for joining us this morning. I’m Kate Beattie, and I’m joined by our CFO, Tali Ross. I’d like to start by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we’re conducting this call today, the Gadigal people, and pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.
I’ll make some brief remarks on our first quarter trading update before taking questions. Our first quarter results saw improving momentum in retail sales and continued sales growth in our Hotels business. In total, across the group, for the 14 weeks ending 5 October, we delivered sales of $3.1 billion, down 0.3% on the prior corresponding period. In Retail, total sales were $2.5 billion for the quarter, down 1.4% versus the first quarter of F ’25. This includes the impact of lower specialty business sales following the integration of Shorty’s operations into Dan Murphy’s and the transition of Jimmy Brings to a partnership model with
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