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Topps Tiles - Underlying sales ahead 15%

November 2003

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ecialist tile retailer, Topps Tiles, continues to  pleasantly surprise. The group has announced that its pretax profit for the sixteen months to 27 September will be around £23m, 10% ahead of marketexpectations. Pretax profit on an annualised basis is expected to be £18m – implying an incredible 101% growth in the last two and a half years.  The broker notes that Topps Tiles wasn't remotely affectedby the summer heatwave, with its like-for-like sales actually accelerating to between 15-16% for the 23 weeks ended 6 September. Topps' new store program is chugging along nicely with 196 shops (160 Topps Tiles, 36 Tile Clearing Houses) now open.  Meanwhile, the group's net cash is forecast to jump from £9m to £12. ...

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