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Dunelm

September 2017

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 639p
After several difficult quarters, Dunelm’s Q4 to end June was well received by investors, as like-for-like sales grew 3.8%, the first increase for five quarters. That included 1.3% growth from its stores and 32.1% from its home delivery (i.e. online) division. The recently acquired Worldstores grew sales 22.5% to £22.5m and integration is said to be going well.The later timing of Easter (in Q4 ’17 versus Q3’16) was expected to boost sales by c 1.5% but management flagged that sales over Easter were down 7%, causing a 1.7% drag and therefore offsetting the timing impact.Gross margin fell 0.75% in Q4 driven by a high markdown of old stock as new ranges were introduced and a higher mix of dilutive seasona ...

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