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Sanderson Design - Ex cash PE of 7

November 2022

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  • Epic Code:
  • SDG
  • Price:
  • 121.5p
Sanderson Design Group’s (SDG) principal activity is the design, manufacture and marketing of wallpapers and fabrics. The group owns several brands, the biggest of which is William Morris & Co and Sanderson, which have been around since 1861 and 1860, respectively. But chief executive Lisa Montague’s first big insight when she joined in 2019 was that despite huge brand equity, both brands were under-indexed in the US. Compared to rival Colefax Group (CFX; 723p), for instance, which generates 62% of sales from North America, SDG’s North American sales are modest.After a settling in period, Montague aimed to make the business more efficient by simplifying ranges, at least initially, and also set out to double revenues in North Am ...

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