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Majestic Wine

July 2004

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  • Epic Code:
  • WINE
  • Price:
  • 947p
A new high followed results for the year to 29 March. Profit before tax and goodwill was up 27% to £10.6m and earnings by 22% to 45.4p. The principal driver of profits was a very strong sales performance with turnover up 18% to £148.3m. Same store sales growth during the year was 10%  (+8.2% in the 72 stores more than five years old).  Ten new stores opened during the year contributing to a 10.5% rise in active customer numbers to 325,000.  The average price per bottle  of still wine rose from £5.30 to £5.40 (36% above the market average)  which in turn helped the average transaction to increase from £104 to £107. Part of this was driven by sales of fine wines (£20 ...

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