The Entertainer has posted its results for the year to January 28th in which it grew both sales and profits. Sales were up by 21.7 per cent to £204.4 million. Like for like stores sales rose by 12.3 per cent with online sales showing the strongest growth at 38 per cent. The Entertainer’s employees shared £3 million on bonuses and the company’s tithing pledge saw it donate £1.6 million to good causes. The business donated a further £1.1 million to charity from its payroll Giving, ‘Pennies’ and carrier bag donation.
It had opened 16 new UK stores during the period and had acquired the Spanish toy store chain Poly.
Founder & executive chairman Gary Grant commented: “We’re delighted with these results and credit our success to our enthusiastic, loyal staff, who we’re delighted to be rewarding with a record profit related bonus. 2019 will see us continue to keep a tight control on costs, further strengthen our own label product offering through our Addo brand, ensure we are first to market in key trends and, of course, offer excellent value for money to our customers.”
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