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Dunelm

June 2010

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 369p
Dunelm has issued another strong trading update for the 42 weeks to 24 April. This said that H2 to date (16 weeks) has seen like-for-like sales growth of 1.6%, which has slowed from the 15.4% (reported in H1). That was always to be expected given the rise in VAT and the significantly harder comparatives in H209 when consumer confidence had picked up.Helped by 10 new stores, total sales are up 20%. Once again, the gross margins achieved are proving better than last year with the year-on-year gross margin for the period being 80 basis points ahead (compared to the 42 week run rate of 180 basis points), helped by greater stock clearance items.  Brokers had been forecasting flat like-for-like sales in H2, so this is a plea ...

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