Group Strategy
The Group’s medium term objectives are to maintain leading performance standards in its sector of the jewellery market on both sides of the Atlantic, to increase store productivity, new store space in the US, and to maintain a strong balance sheet while funding the needs of the business and dividend payments.
US
To gain further profitable market share through like for like sales growth and by increasing space by 8%–10% per annum.
UK
To increase store productivity and operating margin by lifting the average transaction value, predominantly through greater diamond sales.