Carpet and floor coverings specialist Carpetright plc has announced its trading update for the 13 weeks to January 24th 2015.

In the UK, like-for-like sales rose by 7.5% with a total sales increase of 6.6% and 1.7% in the rest of Europe which includes Netherlands, Belgium and the Republic of Ireland.

Wilf Walsh, chief executive, said: "I am pleased to report that the group's trading performance improved year-on-year during the third quarter.  

"In the UK our continued focus on effective promotional activity and the introduction of an interest free credit offer from Boxing Day has delivered a like-for-like performance slightly ahead of the level experienced in the first half.  Sales in our Rest of Europe business have also continued to improve.
"Trading remains in line with management's expectations and our view for the year as a whole remains unchanged."

Carpetright plc has said that it will announce its preliminary results for the financial year on 30 June 2015.