Mr Fothergill’s Seeds, a cataloguer of seeds and
plants, has seen strong growth in all its mail order brands in
2010/11. Its three brands, Mr Fothergill’s Direct, DT Brown and
Woolmans, each recorded year-on-year growth in excess of 20
percent. This is 6 percent ahead of budget, leading to an
improved divisional contribution 21 percent above budget.
The Sunday
Times reports that Oka, the upscale
furniture retailer/cataloguer owned by Lady Astor, saw underlying
profits rise 24 percent to £472,000 and sales up 9 percent
to £15 million in 2011.
Oliver Tress, the founder and managing director of apparel and
homewares retailer Oliver Bonas, talks to the
Telegraph about how he was attacked during a
night of rioting in London two weeks ago.
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