WH Smith 上げる 利ざやs にもかかわらず sales 低迷

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Updated: 11:39 BST, 26 January 2011

WH Smith, the stationery and 調書をとる／予約する chain,? today 明らかにする／漏らすd a 上げる to 利ざやs にもかかわらず sales had been 影響する／感情d by the snow disruption.

High street 蓄える／店s' like-for-like sales 低迷d 7 per cent in the eight weeks to 22 January, compared to a 4 per cent 拒絶する／低下する in the previous ４半期/4分の1.

WH Smith said sales at 鉄道 駅／配置するs, airpor ts and other travel 中心s had 拒絶する／低下するd 3 per cent in the 21 weeks to the same date, but the company also 報告（する）／憶測d a better than 推定する／予想するd update on 利ざやs as it 焦点（を合わせる）s on costs and more profitable 在庫／株.

天候ing the 嵐／襲撃する: WH Smith tight cost 支配（する）／統制する helped 配達する an update in line with its 期待s

長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Kate Swann 述べるd the 業績／成果 of both 分割s as resilient and said the company remained on 跡をつける to 会合，会う 期待s.

She 追加するd: ‘Our staff worked 極端に hard during this period to 持続する the best possible service for our 顧客s.’

分析家s had been 推定する／予想するing a 5 per cent like-for-like sales 拒絶する／低下する at the high street 蓄える／店s and a 1 per cent 落ちる at travel 蓄える／店s in the period, but those 予測s were made before the 北極の 天候 攻撃する，衝突する 貿易（する）ing.

WH Smith's like-for-like sales have 拒絶する／低下するd in 最近の months as the company moves away from lower-利ざや entertainment items such as CDs and DVDs and concentrates on selling its 核心 範囲 of confectionery and stationery.

WH Smith said sales of 調書をとる／予約するs recommended by the Richard and Judy 調書をとる／予約する Club were strong, with Sister by Rosamund Lupton and The Postmistress by Sarah Blake の中で the best 販売人s.

The group, which operates 516 出口s at airports, train 駅／配置するs and motorway service areas and 573 場所／位置s on high streets, 報告（する）／憶測d group like-for-like sales were 負かす／撃墜する 5 per cent in the 21 week period.

Peter Smedley, an 分析家 at Charles Stanley 安全s 研究, said the sales 拒絶する／低下するs were worse than 推定する／予想するd but 改良s to 利ざやs and tight cost 支配（する）／統制する helped 配達する an update in line with his 期待s.

分析家s 予報する WH Smith will make £93 million pre-税金 利益（をあげる）s in the year to August 2011, a 4.5 per cent 増加する on the previous year.