Shares in Woolworths have rebounded in recent weeks, thanks to a recovery in the sector and optimism that the worst may be over for the high-end retailer, whose foray into Australia has proven costly for investors.

Despite the rally, Woolworths’s shares remain more than 50% below the highs of over R100 seen in 2015, soon after it finalised the acquisition of Australian department store chain David Jones...

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