date:Jul 16, 2013
to be encouraging, said the company, although currently still a small proportion of overall sales.
UK Commercial sales grew by 11.8% to 9.2 million, with international sales more than doubling to 0.9 million and private label sales increasing to 0.7 million.
Thorntons said that its retail division showed good progress towards the objective of creating a sustainable retail estate of 180-200 stores. The period saw positive like-for-like sales in its own stores, a trend reflected in the franchis