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Pets at Home

February 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • PETS
  • Price:
  • 178.5p
Sending the shares higher was Pets at Home saying it saw strong Q3 trading. Sales were up 9.6% to £223m with a good performance on both sides. The period saw it open two Pets at Home superstores, two Vets4Pets practices and five Groom Room salons and it remains on track to deliver full year opening targets of around 10 superstores, 40-50 vet practices and 20-30 grooming salonsIncluding the new stores, Merchandise was up 9% to £193.4m (like-for-like +6.8%) helped by further price repositioning and the addition of further major brands in both dog and cat Advanced Nutrition. Grooming and veterinary service revenue grew 13.6% to £29.9m (like-for-like +10.1%).This outturn was comfortably ahead of forecast, which ...

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