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Dunelm

December 2017

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 697p
After publishing strong results Dunelm has kept up the positive momentum with upbeat first quarter figures for the 13 weeks ended 30th September. These showed total revenues rising almost 25% to £247.9m, including like-for-like sales which rose 9.3%.Gross margin was down 2.2% as expected due to mix effect of the addition of lower margin Worldstores sales and a focus on newness in its latest ranges and the planned higher seasonal mix. The latter is not expected to continue.Five new stores opened in the period taking the total number of superstores to 165, while it’s legally committed to opening a further five, all due to open this year. Interestingly, following its earlier commitment to open more stores in the Sout ...

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