Top 100: B Corp retail giant on track for £100 million turnover
A business famously founded on a kitchen table in Gloucestershire has outperformed the market UK-wide to deliver its ninth quarter of growth - with more to come.
ProCook, the Gloucestershire-headquartered online and in-store kitchenware retailer, says it is confident of delivering a a strong full-year performance.
The Gloucester-based business has revealed it delivered a record peak-season performance and outperformed the market over the Christmas period.
It means that ProCook has now delivered nine consecutive quarters of retail growth, and the company believes there is more to come.
Lee Tappenden, the firm’s chief executive officer, said: “We are firmly on track to achieve our medium-term ambition of 100 UK retail stores, £100m revenue and 10 per cent operating profit margin.”
Revenue in the 13 weeks to 4 January increased 28 per cent to £32.8m.
Which helps explain why the business is included in The Raikes Journal’s Top 100 Businesses in Gloucestershire Series, sponsored by Randall & Payne, which tracks the fortunes of the county’s biggest firms by turnover.
Apparently this means the business outperformed the UK kitchenware market by approximatel…
