reduction retailer has opened 47 shops – almost two a week – this financial year,which has made it difficult to get product on shelves for ChristmasB&M opened almost two British stores a week in the first half of its financial year, fuelling a sharp rise in profit but leaving the reduction general retailer struggling to get products on to shelves as the crucial Christmas trading period approaches.
In the 26 weeks to the conclude of September, and the Liverpool-based company opened 47 shops as it expanded southwards from its northern English heartland. The rate of openings was more than double that of a year earlier,putting B&M on track for 80 fresh stores in the current financial year.
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Source: theguardian.com