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Topps Tiles - 160p rise in just two months

April 2004

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The incredible Topps Tiles growth story keeps getting better and better, with its latest trading statement indicating that like-for-likesales are over 20% ahead for the first 23 weeks of the year. Given thatthey were only 16% in the first 14 weeks the increase must have been inexcess of 30% in the subsequent nine weeks!   Broker, KBC Peel Hunt, notes that gross margins also rose 1% as the benefits of extra scale led to better buying, while the new warehouse should deliver further gains,  with gross margins set to smash through the 60% barrier before too long.   KBC has upgraded its forecasts for the umpteenth time, with pretax profit expected to be £28m for earnings of 43.2p in the current year ending 31 M ...

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