Group three-year summary
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| Income statement |
52-week period to 1 March 2008 £m |
52-week pro forma to 3 March 2007 £m |
52-week pro forma to 4 March 2006 £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argos | 4,320.9 | 4,164.0 | 3,858.8 |
| Homebase | 1,568.5 | 1,594.2 | 1,559.0 |
| Financial Services | 95.4 | 93.2 | 92.5 |
| Sales | 5,984.8 | 5,851.4 | 5,510.3 |
| Argos | 376.2 | 325.0 | 297.0 |
| Homebase | 45.1 | 53.4 | 51.4 |
| Financial Services | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.1 |
| Central Activities | (28.8) | (24.0) | (22.7) |
| Benchmark operating profit | 398.0 | 359.4 | 331.8 |
| Benchmark PBT | 432.9 | 376.7 | 337.1 |
| Statistics | |||
| Argos | |||
| Like-for-like change in sales | 0.7% | 2.4% | (1.4%) |
| New space contribution to sales change | 3.1% | 5.5% | 7.5% |
| Total sales change | 3.8% | 7.9% | 6.1% |
| Number of stores at period end | 707 | 680 | 655 |
| Of which Argos Extra stocked-in | 278 | 238 | 189 |
| Homebase | |||
| Like-for-like change in sales | (4.1%) | (1.4%) | (3.1%) |
| New space contribution to sales change | 2.5% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Total sales change | (1.6%) | 2.2% | 0.0% |
| Number of stores at period end | 331 | 310 | 297 |
| Of which contain a mezzanine floor | 181 | 165 | 144 |
| Financial Services | |||
| Store card gross receivables £m | 482 | 448 | 378 |
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