Updated company profile: Snow & Rock
2010/11 sales at Snow & Rock advanced strongly to £65.3m, bolstered by the inclusion of the Runners Need business.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Holland & Barrett
Holland & Barrett reported a strong performance in 2010/11, with sales increasing by 11.7% to just over £300m and the operating margin improving to 18.5% - although this is still some way removed...
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Julian Graves
Review of Julian Graves and the circumstances leading up to its administration in July 2012.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Robert Dyas
Robert Dyas has reported a much improved sales performance over 2011/12, with overall sales ahead by 2.2% to £105.9m and like-for-like sales advancing by 3.3%.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Burberry
Underlining the revitalisation of the brand, Burberry has continued to outperform the luxury market in 2011/12 and 2012/13 to date, with the imminent launch of the new Burberry World Live flagship on...
View ArticleUpdated company profile: SuperGroup
Exceptional sales growth has slowed to more modest levels and profits are under pressure following operational issues during 2011/12.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Foot Locker
Sales declined by 0.4% to £80.7m in 2011, but there was an improvement in profitability due to an expense monitoring programme and reduced foreign exchange losses.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Lakeland
While overall sales advanced by 2.3% to £151.4m in 2011, like-for-like sales are likely to have been negative given that six new outlets were added over the period.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Fat Face
Fat Face has continued its recovery in 2011/12, with sales and profitability benefitting from improvements to the product range and branding.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: H&M
2010/11 results showed that sales advanced by 10.3% to approaching £720m, bolstered by the net addition of 21 stores, including its first concessions for the Cheap Monday and Monki brands.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Mothercare
Recent results at Mothercare highlight the ongoing discrepancy between the struggling UK business, where like-for-like sales fell 6.2% in 2011/12 and a further 6.7% over the first quarter of 2012/13,...
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Wickes
Like-for-like sales continue to slide at Wickes as management pushes on with its right-sizing programme in a difficult market.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Chain Reaction Cycles
Chain Reaction’s 2011 results show that overall sales increased by 25% to £136.4m, with the EU accounting for 60% of the total.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Hobbs
The launch of Hobbs Invitation in early 2012 would appear to have marked the final step in the extension and repositioning of the Hobbs offer under Sandy Verdon.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Brantano
2011 was a difficult year for Brantano with sales declining by 7.9% to £97.0m as a result of reduced footfall.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Boden
Sales growth of just under 6% at Boden was once again driven by international operations in 2011, the fledgling continental European business having performed particularly strongly and contrasting with...
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Wilkinson
Wilkinson’s performance has come under further pressure in 2011/12, with overall sales remaining static at around £1.55bn and the operating margin reduced to a modest 1.2% following a substantial...
View ArticleUpdated company profile: The Range
Operating margin at The Range increased by half a point to 8.8% in 2011/12 on the back of 19% sales growth which took turnover close to the £300m mark.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: TJ Morris
TJ Morris has maintained momentum in 2011/12 with sales rising by 26.8% to £915m and the operating margin strengthening to an elevated 9.2% - nearly on a par with a previous high reached in 2006/07.
View ArticleUpdated company profile: Cotswold Outdoor
Compounded by unseasonal weather patterns and low consumer confidence, the terminal problems at Blacks resulted in excessive discounting across the outdoor leisure sector for much of 2011
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