Shoe Zone walks the walk with revenue making a steady comeback
Budget shoe shop Shoe Zone announced a strong comeback this morning, with revenue up 73 per cent in the last quarter to £69.9m.
The company reported profit before tax of £3.1m, compared to a £2.6m loss in 2021, and earnings per share up to 5.7p compared to a 4.2p loss per share.
This success was buffered by strong online and shop sales, with the company doubling down on efficiencies: eight new Hybrid stores opened and 30 poor performing stores closed during this period.
Commenting on the results, chief executive Anthony Smith said: “We are accelerating store relocations, refits and infrastructure changes at our head office, and further investment in digital. All of these areas are key to progressing our strategy and we will commit to spending at least 3% of turnover annually on capital projects.”
He added that physical stores are critical to the company’s ongoing success.
“Our ultimate goal is a doubling of Big Box locations to approximately 100 and an increase in Hybrid stores to 200 in the medium term. We anticipate trading from a similar sales square footage, albeit from a reduced number of locations.
“Digital growth fell back as expected as we re-opened all stores, and is now back to the normalised level expected but it is still 114.5% higher on a 2 year basis. We continue to increase drop ship partners, exclusive products and brands and we have introduced additional payment and delivery options to enhance customer experience.”