Mountain Warehouse has seen like-for-like sales surge by 16.5% while pre-tax profits climbed by 22% to £19.8 million.
Throughout the year, Mountain Warehouse has opened 41 branches which has created more than 400 jobs. At year-end the company now has than 262 stores including over 60 in six countries overseas.
Mark Neale, Mountain Warehouse founder and chief executive said: “We started with a single shop in 1997 and 10 years later in 2007 we had around 40 stores with sales of about £20 million. My wife used to say that it took us 10 years to become an overnight success! The downturn in 2008 allowed us to start growing really quickly when stores became easier to find and customers were looking for fantastic value. We passed 100 stores in 2010 and have been on a steep climb since then with online and international playing a bigger and bigger part in the business.”
