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Topps Tiles

July 2013

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  • Epic Code:
  • TPT
  • Price:
  • 71p
Specialist tiles retailer, Topps, has announced half-year results slightly ahead of expectations with group revenue of £87m (2012: £86.6m), pretax profits of £4.7m (2012: £5.6m) and eps down from 2.2p to 1.8p. Net debt reduced by £1.4m to £44.9m. Management is continuing its long-term strategy of focusing on customer service and product differentiation versus the competition in what is still a tough market with a 0.2% fall in like-for-like sales offset by cost savings (better labour scheduling and  lower interest charges and employee profit share). Capital expenditure was £1.9m with three new stores opened and eight closed, leaving total store numbers at 320). The key to share price progress lies with the number ...

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