The 13-year career of MARK McInnes's stellar with David Jones has come to a hideous end.

After becoming enmeshed in a sexual harassment complaint lodged by a 25-year-old female staffer, the Chief Executive has been expelled from the top-end retailer.

Citing good cost management as the foremost factor determining Australian upmarket department store David Jones’ notably positive outlook for the forthcoming Christmas sales period, the store’s CEO Mark McInnes said that the store is “well positioned” to report profit-spinning sales growth in the “next up-cycle.”