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Kleeneze - Name change proposed to European Home Retail

August 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • KLZ
  • Price:
  • 123.5p
Kleeneze reported results for the year to 28 April with profit before exceptionals and tax of ?5.9m and earnings of 10.2p. The results were largely of academic interest given the internet acquisitions and the launch of the digital television channel.      As it was, sales, including ?5.3m from acquisitions, rose 11% to ?176m. Sales in the original businesses lifted by ?11m, split equally between Kleeneze catalogues (up ?6m to ?89m) and Farepak hamper business (up ?5m to ?76m). As we explain below, Farepak has had a torrid time and Kleeneze?s profit growth of ?0.8m was offset by Farepak?s profit slumping by ?1m.    Kleeneze reversed the recent decline in UK distributor numbers which li ...

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