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4imprint - 16% growth in the first nine months

December 2012

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4imprint issued a strong trading update. Its success driver (88% of sales) is its powerful mail order brand of the same name in the US selling promotional products. This has seen Q3 sales 12% ahead - all organic - as new customer acquisition remains on trend. Year-to-date revenue including the remaining European business was Â£125.8m, 16% ahead. 4imprint therefore looks set fair to hit Killick's full year forecast sales of Â£180.3m revenue, Â£9.7m pretax and adjusted eps of 22.3p. The shares are up 49% since we made them a main buy at 229p in August last year. But with 4imprint's US side expected to continue growing at its historical rate of 15% next year regardless of what happens in the US economy, the shares remain ...

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