Furniture retailer Lewis Group said on Friday that sales for the four months to the end of July increased by 5% from the same period a year ago. “Trading in April was challenging mainly as a result of the Easter holiday period. However, sales improved steadily from May onwards, with sales for June and July…
Furniture retailer Lewis Group’s strategy to open smaller-format stores in high-density trading areas is paying off by generating sales on a par with bigger stores, but at significantly lower cost. This, along with new merchandise, better credit sales and higher collections, helped the group perform well in the year to March. Forty new stores were…
FURNITURE retailer Lewis says it plans to expand its existing 582 stores to 700, as it focuses on smaller-format stores to boost margins. The owner of the Lewis and the Best Home & Electric brands planned to build on the 40 stores it opened in the year to March — almost half of which were…
