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MTC Mothercare Plc

6.35
-0.30 (-4.51%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Mothercare Plc LSE:MTC London Ordinary Share GB0009067447 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -0.30 -4.51% 6.35 6.30 6.40 6.60 6.30 6.60 183,506 16:35:29
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Department Stores 73.1M -100k -0.0002 -315.00 35.52M

Mothercare PLC Trading Statement (5566L)

20/07/2017 7:00am

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Mothercare PLC

20 July 2017

MOTHERCARE PLC

FY18 Q1 trading update

   --      UK like-for-like sales growth continues 
   --      International sales remain challenging, primarily driven by the Middle East 
   --      Overall Group performance in line with expectations 

Mothercare plc, the leading global retailer for parents and young children, today issues the following trading update, which covers the 15 week period to July 8(th) 2017.

UK

-- UK like-for-like sales up 1.9% during the quarter. We entered the end of season sale with lower stocks and are achieving a higher sell through rate.

   --     Online sales grew by 3.3%. 
   --     Total UK sales lower than last year, reflecting ongoing store closure programme. 

-- Retail space at the end of the quarter reduced to 1.4m sq.ft, as expected, with 147 stores (143 Mothercare and four ELC).

International

-- International retail sales were down 8.3% in constant currency and up 2.2% in actual currency, primarily driven by continued weakness in the Middle East.

   --     Online sales growth of 53% in constant currency and 78% in actual currency. 

-- We opened 26 stores and closed 43 during the period, mainly driven by market exits as we consolidated partners, including Kazakhstan, ending the quarter with c2.9m sq.ft with 1,133 stores.

Group performance for 15 weeks to July 8th 2017

 
                                                                       15 Weeks: 
                                            FY2017                    8 July 2017 
                                 Q1      Q2      Q3       Q4     % change year-on-year 
-----------------------------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ---------------------- 
 UK                                                                        Q1 
 UK like-for-like 
  sales (1)                      1.2    (2.5)    1.0     4.5              1.9 
 Online Sales (1)                6.4     7.3     5.5     13.6             3.3 
 Total UK sales                 (2.1)   (2.5)    0.6     3.2             (1.8) 
 UK space (change 
  in sq.ft.)                    (4.8)   (1.7)   (4.5)   (5.9)            (7.2) 
 International 
 International retail 
  sales in constant 
  currencies (1)                 3.9    (5.6)   (5.9)   (1.7)            (8.3) 
 International retail 
  sales in actual currencies 
  (1)                            5.1     9.5    13.2     15.4             2.2 
 International space 
  (change in sq.ft.)             2.3     1.8     0.0     0.9             (2.3) 
 Group 
 Worldwide sales (2)             2.7     5.1     7.5     10.7             0.8 
 Total group sales 
  (3)                           (1.7)    0.5     1.8    (12.2)           (0.0) 
-----------------------------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ---------------------- 
 

Mark Newton-Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Mothercare plc, said:

"We have continued to make progress in the UK during the period. We have seen customers respond well to our end of season sale, which we entered with less stock than last year, and are achieving a higher sell through rate. Whilst online sales recorded a lower growth, in contrast to higher sales growth in store, we don't believe this represents an underlying permanent shift in customer behaviour. We are about to launch our autumn ranges, but it remains uncertain how consumers will respond to inflation.

"In our International business, the challenging economic conditions in the Middle East continue and are impacting overall performance, and so the outlook remains volatile. We continue to export our learnings from the UK as our business improves here, to support our partners with the modernisation of their franchise businesses, and see further opportunities for growth both online and in stores.

"We remain firmly focused on our strategy, both here in the UK and internationally. Our vision remains clear: to be the leading global retailer for parents and young children."

Investor and Analyst enquiries to:

Mothercare plc

   Mark Newton-Jones, Chief Executive Officer                                      01923 206455 
   Richard Smothers, Chief Financial Officer                                          01923 206455 
   Helen Gunter, Director of Corporate Communications                           01923 206381 

Media enquiries to:

MHP Communications:

Simon Hockridge 020 3128 8789

Notes:

1 - UK like-for-like sales are defined as sales from stores that have been trading continuously from the same selling space for at least a year and include online sales. UK online sales include both website sales and sales taken on iPads in store. International retail sales, including online sales, are the estimated retail sales of overseas franchisees and joint ventures and associates to their customers. International like-for-like sales are the estimated franchisee retail sales from stores that have been trading continuously from the same selling space for at least a year. International sales in constant currency exclude the impact of movements in foreign exchange on translation.

2 - Worldwide sales are total International sales plus total UK sales. Total International sales are International retail sales plus International Wholesale sales.

3 - Total group sales is a statutory number and is made up of total UK sales and receipts from our International partners, which includes royalty payments and the cost of goods dispatched to our franchise partners.

4 - This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements concerning the company. Although the Board believes its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, the matters to which such statements refer may be influenced by factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different. The forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this document and the company does not undertake any obligation to announce any revisions to such statements, except as required by law or by any appropriate regulatory authority.

5 - Overall space was down 4% year-on-year at the end of the first quarter with space in the UK down 7.2% year-on-year and International space was down 2.3%.

6 - We will be announcing our Interim Results on November 23(rd) 2017.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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