Bonmarché like-for-like sales improve 4.2 percent

Total sales at Bonmarché for the 13 weeks ended July 1, 2017 increased by 7.6 percent against the corresponding period in FY17. The company’s store like-for-like sales improved 4.2 percent and online sales increased by 39 percent during the period under review.

Commenting on the update, Helen Connolly, Chief Executive Officer of Bonmarché said in a media statement: "I am pleased with the improvement in trading and in particular the further progress in online sales. The improved sales performance during the first quarter, achieved in a clothing market which remains challenging, underpins our confidence in the strategy, and our expectations for the full year remain unchanged."

The company added that trading during the first quarter of the new financial year has been in line with the board's expectations, which are therefore unchanged in relation to the full year's result. At July 1, 2017, Bonmarché traded from 322 stores and online platform.

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