Johannesburg
- Holdsport, the owner of the Sportsman’s Warehouse and Outdoor Warehouse stores,
says sales in the 4 months to December gained 5 percent.
This is in comparison
to competitor Mr Price, which – also on Tuesday – said its sales in the 3
months to December only gained 0.4 percent, with inflation above 10 percent.
Holdsport’s
gains seem to be as a result of new store additions, as comparable stores lost
0.7 percent.
In its
statement, it said total sales at Sportsmans Warehouse increased 0.5 percent,
Outdoor Warehouse gained 8.4 prcent, while the wholesale division’s total sales
increased 46.7 percent and external sales increased by 110.8 percent.
Holdsport
says weighted retail trading space increased by 4.4 percent relative to the
prior corresponding period and the retail divisions experienced price inflation
of about 8.5 percent for the period.
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Holdsport
is expected to release its results for the year on May 5.
A year ago,
it reported its total sales increased by 11.8 percent to R1.73 billion, while retail
sales increased 12.4 percent to R1.68bn.
The group’s
operating profit rose by 15.8 percent to R308.9 million and core headline
earnings amounted to 548.7c a share, a 21.3 percent increase from the previous
year.