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Thorntons

March 2003

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On 21 January Thorntons reported sales figures for the 28 weeks ended 11 January. Overall, like-for-like sales growth was 1.6% and encouragingly was achieved with an improved margin. The trading period was a tale of two halves, with the first 18 weeks enjoying 5.8% growth in same store sales. However, in the following 7 week period ending 28 December like-for-like sales slowed to â€“0.9%, albeit against the strong comparative of +8.0% ayear ago. The $64,000 question is whether this was simply the result of the well-documented tricky Christmas for retailers or something more fundamental to Thorntons recovery program. Inspite of broker, Seymour Pierce's d ...

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