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Dunelm

December 2019

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 831p
Dunelm’s first quarter to 28th September beat expectations with sales rising 7.5% to £262.6m, including 6.4% like-for-like, helped by a fairly easy comparison with last year’s drought-affected summer. Online sales sparkled with an almost 35% increase despite the tough comparatives (+33% in Q1 ’18) and stores grew 2.9% like-for-like with broker Stifel noting some market share gains even though large competitors were highly promotional (John Lewis reported 68% sales growth in the week of its Home category sales event).Gross margins pleasantly surprised,  increasing 130 basis points (against Stifel’s unchanged forecast) reflecting a better stock position with a reduced need for mark-down and continua ...

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