the diginomica network podcast - Holland & Barrett CFO discusses tech investments and latest earnings

Wellness retailer Holland & Barrett today announced its annual results for the full year 2025, which included an investment of £43.5 million in technology development. Group CFO Vineta Bajaj is responsible for technology and joined the diginomica network podcast to discuss last year, but also the retailer’s focus on building its own technology stack.

Holland & Barrett, which operates in the Benelux, Ireland, and UK regions of Europe, invested £124 million in the full year 2025. Revenues grew by 11% year-on-year to £981 million for the financial year that ended 30 September 2025. The retailer said this was the third consecutive year of double-digit growth and a revenue increase of 35% over the past three years. Speaking to the diginomica network podcast, Group CFO Vineta Bajaj said the business was still loss-making.

Bajaj says the £43.5 million technology investment provides it with the tools and infrastructure to ...