Butcher shifts retail strategy after weak high street performance
Butcher and retailer Crawshaw Group has warned about the profitability of its high street stores and has accelerated its plans to shift its focus towards factory shops after an indifferent Christmas.
Like-for-like sales were down 6.1% in the 15 weeks to Christmas and only store openings - including two of its factory shop format - ensured its total sales crept upwards.The Rotherham-based business said its total group sales for the period increased by 0.6% when compared to the previous year, with gr... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
