Fraser hart milton keynes
Fraser Hart stores like this one in Milton Keynes MK Centre, draw customers into the store and give more space to fewer watch and jewellery brands.

Fraser Hart posts solid sales growth to reach £83 million

Sustained investment in upgrading its stores keeps tills ringing, but operating margins are squeezed.

Fraser Hart is working through a nationwide upgrade programme for its key stores, a process that helped sales rise by 2.5% to £82.9 million in the financial year ended June, 2018.

Operating profit dropped by 35% to just under £3 million.

The company is increasingly building its flagship boutiques around Rolex and other fine watch brands as it aims to attract higher spending customers across its jewellery and watch lines.

That investment also includes training and support for its teams under a strategy it calls People First.

“The company strategy remains to grow the business through investing both in stores in the UK and Ireland and, under the People First banner, in its people through the reward, recognition and learning structures that form the building blocks of the company’s success,” says Noel Coyle, managing director of Fraser Hart.

Fraser Hart paid down and restructured debt in the financial year, which improved its net asset position and secured lower interest rate payments.

Stock levels reduced slightly, suggesting a faster turn rate through the year.

 

Fraser hart turnover

 

Fraser hart operating profit

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