Shoe Zone PLC - Leicester, England-based footwear retailer - Says trading since June has ‘significantly exceeded’ management’s expectations, with volumes seeing a double-digit rise on the previous year. Margins also have improved thanks to lower container rates and favourable foreign exchange rates, which management expects to continue.

Looking ahead, Shoe Zone now expects adjusted pretax profit for the financial year ending October 2 to be no less than £13.5 million. In June, it had guided for £10.5 million. It brought in £11.2 million in adjusted pretax profit in financial 2022.

Back in May, the firm posted revenue of £75.4 million for the 26 weeks ended on April 1, up 7.9% from £69.9 million a year before. Pretax profit, however, halved to £1.5 million from £3.1 million.

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