Homewares retailer Dunelm has reported a pre-tax profit figure of £108.1m for the 52 weeks to the end of June 2013, a rise of 12.3% against the same period last year. It added that it has also seen an 80% growth in multichannel revenues; this now represents over 4% of the total business.
Total revenue at Dunelm was £677.2m, up 12.2% on last year, but like-for-like growth was up just 1.7% compared to 3.1% in 2012. The retailer opened 14 new stores in the year, however, which included two relocations and one re-opening and it now has 126 stores, the bulk of which are out-of-town superstores. A further 10 new stores are contractually committed. The company's average store footprint is now targeted towards 30,000sq ft, which, it claims, enables it to offer over 20,000 homewares products.

According to Verdict Research, Dunelm has now become the homewares market leader.

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