In its half year results for the 26 weeks to 2 March 2013,
department-store chain Debenhams revealed pre-tax profits were down 4 percent
to £120.3 million after snow interrupted trading in late January. In contrast
group like-for-like sales were up 3.1 percent and gross transaction value rose
3.5 percent to £1.53 billion. Debenhams saw strong multichannel growth during
the period with online sales up 46 percent, now representing 12.7 percent of
overall sales, while mobile continues to be the fastest growing channel with
sales up 265 percent compared with the prior year. Internationally, Debenhams
saw gross transactional value increase by 1.6 percent to £280 million, while
EBITDA overseas fell by 1.4 percent to £27.9 million.
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