利益（をあげる）s 負かす／撃墜する to £92m at 首相 Farnell

By This Is Money
Updated: 00:00 BST, 16 March 2000

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電気の and 産業の 構成要素s distributor 首相 Farnell on Thursday 報告（する）／憶測d a 殺到する in online sales and said e-商業 歳入s could grow up to tenfold in a few years.

The company, which sells parts for indus tries 範囲ing from computers to cars, 報告（する）／憶測d 年次の pre-税金 利益（をあげる）s within market 期待s but 公式文書，認めるd that its group-wide 商売／仕事 by e-商業 had quadrupled to £26 million. Its pre-税金 利益（をあげる）s were £92 million for the year ended January 30, 負かす／撃墜する from £100 million in 1998/99.

Operating 利ざやs before exceptional items for the year fell to 13.8% from 17.3, but pre-税金 利益（をあげる） almost 二塁打d in the fourth ４半期/4分の1 of 1999/00 from the same 1998/99 ４半期/4分の1.

大統領 John Hirst said he was comfortable with market 予測（する）s for a 利益（をあげる） 回復 to just over £100 million in 2000/01 and said the 会社／堅い should then grow 刻々と. He said online sales accounted for just 3% of turnover in 1999/2000 and were 予測（する） to take off.

商売／仕事-to-商売／仕事 e-商業 has drawn 大規模な 利益／興味 from 投資家s because it is already a 抱擁する and 速く growing market, which is いっそう少なく 円熟した than 小売 e-商業. It is also 推定する／予想するd to 削除する 商売／仕事 costs because it better enables 会社／堅いs to shop around の中で 競争相手 供給者s. But 首相 Farnell said it saw e-商業 as a friend, not a 敵.

首相 Franell's 株 were up 2.3% at 440 pence at 1040. The company is a third the way through a three-year growth 戦略 born in 1998, after years of under-投資. It 報告（する）／憶測d a 選ぶ-up in 商売／仕事 late in 1999/2000 and said it would step up 投資 to 積極性 grow market 株.