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Land of Leather

September 2007

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  • Epic Code:
  • LAN
  • Price:
  • 240p
The shares firmed after Land of Leather issued a strong trading update for the year to 29 July. Total sales were boosted by 15 new store openings during the year which helped lift total sales orders by 21.4% whilst like for like sales were up 0.3%. Like-for-like sales were reportedly up 3.5% in the final 13 weeks of the year as a reflection of increased advertising activity and strong promotional offers despite a continued reduction in average order value. In view of the strong availability of new stores on its targeted retail parks, caused by the excess of supply from other groups downsizing their stores, the new store development programme is ahead of plan with at least 15 stores to be added this year, most of them bunched ahead of the ...

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