Dunelm's revenue for its third quarter (ending 2nd April) grew by 5.9% to £229m, and total like-for-like (LFL) growth (combining LFL stores and home delivery) increased by 1.1%. Sales performance in the quarter reflected strong ...
Tags: Dunelem, LFL growth, Sales performance
For the second fiscal quarter of 2016 ended August 1, 2015, net sales at apparel marketer Gap Inc went down 2 per cent impacted by translation of net sales in foreign currencies into US dollars. For the three months to August 1, 2015 Gap ...
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For the 13 weeks period ended May 2, 2015, net sales at NYSE listed and apparel marketer Gap Inc were down 3 per cent year over year. Gap Inc.’s net sales declined 3 per cent to $3.66 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 ...
Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes, announced its 2013 financial results. Organic sales growth was 7% (5% DKK, 8% LCY), EBIT grew by 6% and net profit by 9%, and the EBIT margin increased by 0.3 percentage ...
Tags: industrial enzymes, Textile
Premier Foods is ahead of target on cutting suppliers and product lines, according to ceo Gavin Darby, reporting on third quarter (Q3) financial results yesterday. Premier Foods is growing its core power brands "During the quarter we ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The closure of Premier Foods' Barry mill in the Vale of Glamorgan – with the loss of 43 jobs last week – and plans to reorganise its milling business into two parts could herald its sale, according to City analyst Investec. ...
Tags: Milling Business, Agriculture, Food
Food producer Cranswick is in “a strong UK position” after reporting revenue up by 7% to £875M for the year to March 31, according to City analysts. Damian McNeela, analyst with Panmure Gordon, said: “We ...
Tags: Full year results, Cranswick, Meat, Pork
Meat firm Cranswick has posted “outstanding trading” both for the year to March 31 2013 and its fourth quarter, according to City analyst Shore Capital. Cranswick's results were driven by 'new product development, robust ...
US retailer Safeway Inc ended its financial year with an acceleration in underlying sales growth in the final quarter and earnings per share that beat analyst forecasts. Safeway reported an 0.8% rise in identical-store sales, excluding ...
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Asda, the UK's second-largest retailer, saw its underlying sales slow in the last three months of its financial year. The company today (21 February) reported its like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, increased by 0.1% in the 14 weeks to 5 ...
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Global food group Nestle said 2013 looks every bit as "challenging" as 2012, a year when profits increased but underlying sales growth slowed. The Swiss food giant reported a 11.8% increase in earnings of CHF10.61bn (US$12.02bn) in 2012. ...
Nestle has dismissed suggestions its days of "easy gains" in emerging markets are over as the group recorded what one analyst described as "sustained weakness" in Asia, Oceania and Africa. The Swiss food giant this morning (14 February) ...
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Global food group Nestle this morning (14 February) booked an increase in full-year profits but slowing underlying sales growth. The company also pointed to 2013 as looking every bit as "challenging" as 2012. Analysts gave a mixed view of ...
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Regional US retailer Harris Teeter has reported higher underlying sales for its fiscal first quarter in a set of mixed financial results. The company saw comparable-store sales increase 2.5% in the quarter ending 1 January. The higher ...
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Meat firm Cranswick has fought off still competition to win a pound 30M contract to become Asda’s main fresh pork supplier. An Asda spokeswoman told FoodManufacture.co.uk: “We have moved the majority of our pork business ...
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