The latest set of results are impressive but this business isn't only judged by reference to its profits. : The latest set of results are impressive but this business isn't only judged by reference to its profits   The dark cloud over much of the retail industry hasn’t got as far as the Co-operative Group, which will have aroused the envy of its peers with its latest results. The latest financial year (to January 5) saw it serving up a 14 per cent rise in revenues and a 4.4 per cent uptick in food sales at stores open at least a year.