Reject Shop in $40m equity raising move amid sales growth DISCOUNT retail chain The Reject Shop has reported an acceleration in sales from existing stores for the third quarter of the financial year, as it announced a $40 million equity raising to ramp up its new-store opening program. Sales from stores already open for at least 12 months were up 6.2 per cent in the third quarter, up from 2.6 per cent in the same period last year.