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Shoezone sales and profit drop amid weak consumer confidence

UK footwear retailer Shoezone has released its unaudited trading update for the 52 weeks ended September 27, 2025, reporting lower revenue and profits as consumer confidence weakened across the country. For the fiscal year, revenue fell 7.6 percent to 149.1 million pounds, largely due to subdued consumer sentiment, challenging macroeconomic...

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Shoe Zone profit forecast halved amidst weakening consumer confidence

Shoe Zone PLC has announced a trading update, revealing that it has faced challenging market conditions during June and July 2025. The company attributes the difficult period to a weakening in consumer confidence, which has led to less discretionary spending. This trend is a result of the continued impact of inflation, high interest rates, and...

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Shoe Zone trims profit forecast amid tough trading conditions

Shoe Zone has reported its interim results for the 26 weeks ending March 29, 2025 with revenues down by 6.5 percent to 71.5 million pounds, largely due to trading out of 31 fewer stores compared to the same period last year. Looking ahead, Shoe Zone has revised its full-year profit before tax forecast from an original 10 million pounds down to 5...

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Shoe Zone to invest in digital strategy as online revenues increase

Shoe Zone, a value footwear retailer in the UK, reported profit before tax declined to 10.1 million pounds, while adjusted profit before tax reduced to 10 million pounds, resulting in earnings per share of 16.04p. Total revenue declined by 2.7 percent to 161.3 million pounds, driven by a 6.5 percent drop in store revenue to 126.1 million pounds....

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Shoe Zone issues profit warning

Shoe Zone has announced that adjusted profit before tax for the financial year is now expected to be around 5 million pounds, down from previous expectations of 10 million pounds. In light of the above, the company is not proposing to pay a final dividend for the financial year ended September 28, 2024. For the first two months of its financial...

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Unseasonal weather impacts Shoe Zone's FY24 results

Shoe Zone revenue in FY24 was 161.3 million pounds, down 2.7 percent due to the unseasonal weather in the second half of the year, particularly peak summer, as well as trading out of 26 fewer stores. The company expects to report pre-tax profit not less than 9.6 million pounds and adjusted profit before tax of around 9.5 million pounds. The...

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Shoe Zone, Specsavers and Lush among looted stores in UK riots

A swarm of racially-charged riots have gripped the UK in the past week, leaving behind a growing number of ransacked, looted and damaged store fronts in their path. According to various media reports, more than 140 people have been arrested in relation to the demonstrations, believed to have been led by far-right groups. Much of the damage had...

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Shoe Zone warns high shipping costs to hit profit

Shoe Zone has announced that the company now expects adjusted profit before tax for the current financial year to be not less than 10 million pounds. The company said that further to its AGM statement released on March 12, 2024, Shoe Zone has continued to experience cost pressures associated with container prices due to a reduction in the supply...

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Shoe Zone subject to cyber attack

Footwear retailer Shoe Zone has announced that it has been impacted by a cyber incident which “has resulted in unauthorised access to certain online systems and data”. In a regulatory filing, the company said that it enacted its IT security protocols upon learning of the incident, taking “immediate steps to stop the unauthorised access to its...

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Shoe Zone posts marginal growth in H1 sales

For the first six month period, Shoe Zone’s profit before tax improved to 2.6 million pounds, while adjusted profit before tax remained flat at 2.5 million pounds. The company's revenues were 76.5 million pounds, up 1.5 percent. Store revenues decreased by 1.7 million pounds as the company traded out of 27 fewer stores than 12 months ago....

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Shoe Zone CEO Anthony Smith steps down from PLC board

Shoe Zone has announced that the company’s CEO Anthony Smith is stepping down from the PLC board to increase his focus on the day to day running of the business. Smith will remain as a director of Shoe Zone's operating subsidiary, Shoe Zone Retail Limited. Smith started at Shoe Zone in 1993, joining the board in 1996 as retail director before...

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Shoe Zone reports strong revenue and profit growth

For the year to September 30, Shoe Zone revenue of 165.7 million pounds, increased by 6.1 percent. Shoe Zone said pre-tax profit increased by 19.1 percent to 16.2 million pounds for the period and adjusted pre-tax profit increased by 47.3 percent to 16.5 million pounds, with an earnings per share rising to 27.79p. The company’s store revenue...