|
Highlights |
28 weeks ended 15 August 2015 |
28 weeks ended 9 August 2014 |
Change |
|
Group Revenue |
£226.8m |
£182.2m |
24.5% |
|
Profit Before Tax and Exceptional Items |
£17.8m |
£14.4m |
23.4% |
|
Profit Before Tax |
£17.8m |
£15.6m |
14.6% |
|
Adjusted Basic EPS* |
29.8p |
24.2p |
23.1% |
|
Basic EPS |
29.8p |
26.1p |
14.2% |
|
Interim Dividend |
13.2p |
11.3p |
16.8% |
*Adjusted EPS is shown before exceptional items (net of tax)
Retail sales including e-commerce up 20.1% to £168.2m on a 6.6% increase in average square footage
UK and Europe retail sales up 14.7% to £120.9m
North America retail sales up 37.4% to £39.7m
Asia retail sales up 31.0% to £7.6m
E-commerce sales up 63.6% to £22.9m
Planned expansion continued with:
A new store in each of the UK, Canada and Hong Kong and one new outlet in South Korea
Further concessions with leading department stores across the UK and Europe, the US and Asia
Licensee store openings in Azerbaijan, Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and Thailand
Wholesale sales up 39.1% to £58.6m
Licence income up 16.7% to £6.4m
