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Dunelm - Q3 online sales +36%

May 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 562p
The worm is finally turning with the shares, which had been weak since the start of the year, spiking sharply higher post Q3 numbers to end March.    Total sales for Q3 were +5.1% to £268.2m but LFL was better than expected at +4.6%, helped by the extended Worldstores furniture range and a benefit from an early Easter. Although there was a big hit from the main week of snow in February (reduced LFL sales by 1-2%), outside this the generally cold and damp weather proved to be helpful to Dunelm's product categories. Pure store LFL was +1.2% with the balance from growing online sales at Dunelm.com, which were +36% as the Worldstores categories are launched onto the site. No further stores were opened in the qu ...

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