Ayrshire entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter has received a badly-needed boost from improved Christmas trading at his Office fashion footwear chain, which is on track to beat last year's record pre-tax profit of £4.3m, writes Tim Sharp.
The business reported a 5.4% increase in like-for-like sales over the six weeks ended January 4. The same period the year before was itself up 3.6% year-on-year. Total sales were up 17% at £21.65m.
The company saw rising demand from its website with sales of £1.7m representing a 127% increase on last year.
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