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Topps Tiles

February 2023

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  • Epic Code:
  • TPT
  • Price:
  • 48.5p
Topps pleasantly surprised with final results for the year ended September beating expectations. Sales rose 8.4% to £247m while pretax profit was £15.6m (forecast: £15.1m) with tighter cost control providing the “beat”. Topps has right sized its store estate from 368 to 304 since 2018 (including a net nine closures in FY’22) while sales per remaining store were 25% higher than pre-Pandemic. Market share rose from 17.8% to 19% so Topps is close to its “1 in 5 by FY’25” target. Part of its strategy is to diversify and broaden its distribution channels and Pro Tiler, its online trade pureplay, is growing strongly with run rate sales at £16.5m, up 38% since acquisition with sales expected to exceed £25m in the next 2-3 years, s ...

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