Interim Results For The 6 Months Ended 30 September 2000

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Interim Results For The 6 Months Ended 30
September 2000
6 months ended 30 September 2000Sales (incl
VAT)Profit before TaxEarnings per
shareDividend per share
200050.73m 1.03m 0.71p 0.25p
199942.61m 0.68m 0.49p 0.20p
Change 19 52 45 25
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Improved Performances From All Three Trading
Divisions
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The Perfume Shop (specialist perfume retail chain
65 stores across the UK) Operating profit up
34 to 353,000 Like for like sales up 5
Moved to new distribution centre in High
Wycombe 16 new stores opened in 2000
Further development to come of www.theperfumeshop.
com
4
Joplings
Department Store Division Operating profit up
12 to 1.43 million Like for like sales up
2 Sunderland store has responded well to
opening of Debenhams Increasing importance
of Chargecard to business
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A de Gruchy Operating profit of 1.2m up from
0.3m Like for like sales up 5 Significant
improvements in full year profitability
anticipated Balance of de Gruchy acquisition
loan reduced to 16.5m
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Outlook Last year four fifths of the profit
generated in second half Business well
prepared for Christmas Current trading in line
with expectations