Shoe Zone continues to outpace expectations

31/08/2022
UK footwear retailer Shoe Zone issued another trading update on August 31, just over one month since it last raised its profit guidance on July 26. The value retail company also upped its guidance on June 29. 

On each occasion, Shoe Zone increased its expectations for full-year adjusted profit before tax by £1 million (approximately $1.2 million). As of the end of August, the Leicester-based business expected adjusted profit before tax for the fiscal year ending October 2, 2022, to be not less than £10.5 million or just under $12.2 million. 

Shoe Zone attributed the strength of its trading over this past month to continued demand for summer and back-to-school footwear.   
 
The firm last published financial results back in May. At the time, it said that revenues for the six-month period ended April 2 had grown by 73% year on year to reach £69.9 million ($81.2 million).