Sean Aylmer

And what I think is interesting in this world is that all those senior execs know each other really well and have quite firm opinions about each other.

Anyway, that's where I found that Will Walsh was actually Willie Walsh.

Well done.

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Welcome to Fear and Greed Q&A, where we ask and answer questions about business, investing, economics, politics, and more.

I'm Sean Aylmer.

Wes Farmers, owner of Bunnings, Kmart, Officeworks, among others, held an investor day yesterday and said artificial intelligence, automation, and smarter operations will drive its next phase of growth.

The group, which is heavily leveraged to the consumer, expects Powerhouse Bunnings to continue its evolution from hardware retailer into something much bigger.

Rob Scott is the managing director and CEO of West Farmers.

Rob, welcome back to Fear and Greed.

Thank you, Sean.

Let's start with AI and how you can use AI and what it can do for your different businesses in a really practical sense.

Ultimately, and you're not allowed to say both to this question, Rob.

Ultimately, is this about driving revenue or is it about becoming more efficient?

And I don't even mean saving costs because there's a lot more to efficiency than just saving money.

But which one is it?

Is it about driving revenue or is it about efficiency?

Okay, let's get on to some of the segments.

So Bunnings, the powerhouse of your organisation, dare I say, it provides the largest contributor to earnings.

How big can it get?