Carpetright rolls out faster sales growth
INTEREST-free credit deals and more focused discounting helped Carpetright roll out faster sales growth in the UK over the past three months.
Carpetright is Britain's biggest carpet retailer
Britain’s biggest carpet seller said sales in its home market, open for at least a year, increased by 7.7 per cent in the 13 weeks to 24 January, up from 6.5 per cent in the first half. Like-for-like sales in its Netherlands, Belgium and Republic of Ireland operations rose by 1.7 per cent.
Chief executive Wilf Walsh said: “In the UK, our continued focus on effective promotional activity and the introduction of an interest-free credit offer from Boxing Day delivered a like-for-like performance slightly ahead of the first half.
“Sales in our rest of Europe business have also continued to improve.”
Carpetright shares added 11¼p to 458p.