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SCS Upholstery

January 2003

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SCS Upholstery has announced excellent full-year results for theyear ending 30 September 2002.  Pretax profit increased 27% to£9.8m, on turnover up 35% to £97.8m, while earnings lifted 25% to21.0p. The shares have stubbornly refused to break into a higher range,partly because SCS’ like-for-like sales grew only 2%, in what hasbecome a more competitive market (witness DFS’ AGM, which stated thattrading patterns had slowed).  The key difference for SCS is thatit is aggressively growing its store numbers from a low base – itopened 14 last year, increasing the total by 38% to 51.Gross margin was stable at 48%, (2001: 48.2%) but operating marginfell from 10.3% to 9.8%, reflecting the fact that six of the 14 newopenings ...

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