Bonmarché is the UK’s largest womenswear value retailer catering for women over 50 years. We pride ourselves on offering quality clothing with appropriate styling, great value and in a wide range of sizes, along with outstanding customer service.

We have won awards for our clothing, winning the ‘Best for flattering fit’ award at the Yours 50+ Fashion Awards 2012. We were also crowned ‘Britain’s Best Women’s Clothing Retailer’ at the Verdict Research Awards 2012 as well as coming second for the nation’s favourite retailer, and most recently in 2013 we were awarded The Yours Magazine 50+ Fashion Awards, where we were voted as “best for knitwear”.

The Bonmarché ladies fashion range includes casual and formal separates, outerwear, dresses, swimwear, lingerie, nightwear and accessories in addition to the exclusive Bonmarché collection by formal Royal couturier David Emanuel.

Our website allows you to shop online for your favourite clothing items and have them delivered to your home or offer a FREE service to your local store with the nationwide Bonmarché collect in store service at over 250 stores. We also offer a telephone ordering service, available between 8am and 8pm, 7 days a week.

Bonmarché was established in 1982 by two brothers who began their business on market stalls and opened their first store in Doncaster. The business expanded very quickly to a portfolio of over 200 stores when they were acquired by The Peacock group in 2002.


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Company News

Bonmarche November trading hit by mild weather but FY expectations unchanged

Mon, 23 November 2015



Bonmarche November trading hit by mild weather but FY expectations unchanged
(ShareCast News) - Women's value retailer Bonmarché said its expectations for the full year remain unchanged despite challenging trading conditions in November due to very mild, wet weather.
For the 26 weeks to 26 September, the company posted pre-tax profit of £5.4m, down from £6.4m the previous year, hit by costs relating to the listing of its shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange from AIM.

Revenue rose 6.5% to £97m, like-for-like sales grew 2% and Bonmarché declared an interim dividend of 2.5p per share, up from 2.3p the previous year.

Chief executive Beth Butterwick said: "Bonmarché's performance for the first half of the year has been satisfactory and we have made further progress against our strategic objectives. I am pleased with the improvement in store like-for-like sales, which is a testament to the value of our loyal customer base, in a market which remains challenging.

"I am also pleased with the progress being made by the new marketing and multi-channel teams to turn around online sales."

At 0917 GMT, shares were down 4.8% to 280p.

Back to square one.

DC - do you still follow these?

The dresses would not fit me skinny. :-)) . Had a few in the early days of the thread, have not followed them.

:-)

TRADING UPDATE

Bonmarché, one of the UK's largest women's value retailers, presents its trading update for the 13 and 39 week periods ended Saturday 30 December 2017, and confirms that the Board's profit expectation for the year remains unchanged.



Sales for the 13 weeks ended 30 December 2017 decreased by 5.5% against the corresponding period in FY17. Store LFL sales decreased by 9.7% and online sales increased by 28.5%. Sales for the 39 weeks ended 30 December 2017 increased by 0.9%; store LFL sales decreased by 2.8% and online sales increased by 35.5%. The table below summarises the figures and for reference also includes the figures for the five week period ended 30 December 2017.

Anticipating the continuation of difficult market conditions during our third quarter, we adjusted our stock purchasing plans, and therefore the level of discounting was reduced compared to last year, resulting in a slight improvement in the gross margin percentage. Meanwhile, costs have been tightly controlled, and the Company's financial position remains sound.

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Trading Update

52 week period ended 31 March 2018

Bonmarché, one of the UK's largest women's value retailers, presents its trading update for the 52 week period ended 31 March 2018 ("FY18"). The Company is pleased to confirm that, reflecting the good progress achieved during the financial year, the FY18 profit before tax will be in line with the Board's expectations.

Online sales maintained the strong growth seen throughout the financial year, against comparatives that became more difficult in the fourth quarter. Store sales performance was disappointing, reflecting the issues more widely reported in the clothing market.

Whilst total sales for the year therefore declined slightly, the gross margin percentage was resilient. The lower headline gross margin that had been anticipated due to adverse FX movements, was largely mitigated through tight stock control and improvements to the loyalty scheme, which led to lower discounting. There were also significant overhead cost savings, delivered through improved operational efficiency and reduced, but more effective, marketing expenditure.

The Company's financial position remains sound.


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