蓄える／店 終結s help Thorntons move 支援する into the 黒人／ボイコット

By Peter Campbell for the Daily Mail

Updated: 22:59 BST, 11 September 2013

Shutting 蓄える／店s and stemming 落ちるing sales helped chocolatier Thorntons move 支援する into the 黒人／ボイコット.

The group made pre-税金 利益（をあげる）s of £5.2million last year, compared to a loss of £2.2million the year before, as sales ticked up 1.8 per cent to £221.1million.

Now the company, which is still planning to shut 100 その上の 蓄える／店s, is looking to birthday 現在のs to swell growth.

Bouncing 支援する: Thorntons 地位，任命するd pre-税金 利益（をあげる）s of £5.2million last year

‘We’re incredibly 関連した at Christmas and 復活祭,’ said 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Jonathan Hart.

‘The challenge is to get 顧客s to buy from us once more during the year.’

The group 申し込む／申し出s online gifts, where shoppers can customise their own box of chocolates, 完全にする with photo on 最高の，を越す.

Sales from its own 蓄える／店s, rather than in supermarkets, fell 8pc, 大部分は because of the number of 出口s it の近くにd.

Once these were taken into account, underlying sales rose a mere 0.8 per cent ? which Hart said was ‘進歩’. 株, which have ３倍になるd in value over the last year, fell 2p to 88p.