Boohoo has reported an excellent set of full year results with pre-tax profit climbing by 38% to £58.9 million. In the year to 28th February, revenue increased by 48% to £856.9 million as UK revenue and international sales rose by 37% and 64% respectively. Revenue at Boohoo climbed by 16% to...
Adjusted operating profit at Primark surged by 25% to £426 million in the first half of its financial year as the retailer benefited from higher margins. Operating margin in the first half was 11.7%, which was well ahead of the same period last year when the margin was 9.8%. While like-for-like...
The Body Shop will be relocating its UK headquarters from Croydon to London’s Tooley Street. The retailer has taken the entire building at 155 Tooley Street, which is part of the More London Estate. The building was previously the headquarters of Red Bull and spans 24,244 square feet. The four-storey space...
Card Factory has reported a drop in full year profits after trading was impacted by lower high street footfall. In the year to January 31st, pre-tax profit fell by 8.3% to £66.6 million as the retailer saw its like-for-like sales dip by 0.1%. Revenue increased by 3.3% in the period...
JD Sports saw its pre-tax profit rise by 15.4% to £339.9 million in the year to February 2nd. Revenue rose by 49.2% to £4.72 billion while like-for-like sales in its global sports fashion brands grew by more than 6%. The company credited its success to a “relentless focus” on creating a...
Primark has opened the doors to its largest store to date in Birmingham. The new store occupies all of the 161,000 square foot former shopping centre and features a Disney themed café, a barber shop and a beauty studio. This store is Primark’s 187th UK store and spans across 5 floors. ...
Quiz has increased its full year group revenue by 12% to £130.9 million as it continues to expand online and internationally. Following its trading update issued on the 7th March, Quiz said it still expects its group EBITDA for the year to come in at around £4.5 million. The retailer saw...
Wyevale has sold 31 of its garden centres to Dobbies. This marks the third transaction with Dobbies following the sale of five centres and single site sale to the retailer last October. The centres include sites in Altrincham, Andover, Beaconsfield, Brighton, Bury St Edmunds, Cadnam, Findern, Galton, Gosforth, Hare Hatch, Harlestone...
Dunelm increased its like-for-like sales by 12.5% in its third quarter after it attracted more customers to its brand. Like-for-like sales in-store rose by 9.8% while online sales increased by 32.1%. The retailer’s Reserve & Collect service and tablet-based selling in-store accounted for 18.5% of revenue to mark a 4.1% rise...
Tesco has launched a trial that will see new technology introduced that will allow it to recycle all forms of plastic packaging. The retailer has teamed up with Recycling Technologies to launch the trial in 10 stores with in the Bristol and Swindon areas. The trial will enable customers to return ‘hard-to-recycle’ plastics...
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