Total sales rose 5.41% to $243.96million, earnings before interest and tax (ebit) rose 13.12% to $28.17million while after-tax profit rose 10.83% to $20.46million, for its half-year trading to July.
Last year's interim dividend of 5.5c per share rose to 6c.
Briscoes' (BGR) gross margin dollars has increased 9.2% for the period, which reflected the benefit of strong sales growth, as well as the gross margin percentage increasing from 39.60% to 41.03%, the company said.
''The gross margin percentage continues to benefit from the constant focus on inventory management, with initiatives such as the stock receipting project, via scanning, implemented last year throughout all Briscoes Homeware and Rebel Sport stores,'' the company said.
That had further streamlined the supply chain process by minimising the time for inventory to travel from back door to shop floor.
BGR managing director Rod Duke said for 2015 and into 2016 it would be ''imperative for retailers to focus on protecting gross margin percentage'', as the retail sector began experiencing the effects of a weaker New Zealand dollar against the United States dollar.
Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird said the $20.5million reported profit was ''in line with recent guidance to exceed $20million''.
''Earnings growth was driven by a strong performance in Homeware and another standout result from Rebel Sport,'' Mrs Kinnaird said.
She cautioned that there was some risk from the weaker New Zealand dollar against the US, but BGR would likely work to mitigate that through pricing, strong buying and inventory management.
