// Moss Bros reports loss before tax of £7.4m for the year to January 25, 2020
// Sales dropped 0.5% to £128.3m during the period
// Total like-for-like sales fell 1.2% despite online sales growing 6.5%
Moss Bros has witnessed a loss before tax of £7.4 million for the year to January 25, 2020 – equating to a 76.2 per cent drop compared to a £4.2 million profit last year.
The menswear retailer said sales dropped 0.5 per cent to £128.3 million during the period.
Overall total like-for-like sales fell 1.2 per cent despite its online sales growing 6.5 per cent.
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The retailer ended the period with online sales accounting for 16.9 per cent of the group’s total revenue, an increase of 2.4 per cent.
Like-for-like hire sales were down 16.3 per cent, which affected the retailer as this part of its business carries a higher gross margin rate.
Moss Bros reported an EBITDA of £5.5 million pre-IRFS during the period.
Its total gross margin was reduced by 0.1 per cent mainly because of a reduction in hire sales during the period.
In June 2020, Moss Bros was delisted from the London Stock Exchange.
In December, the retailer’s CVA proposal was approved, in a bid to secure rent reductions.
Moss Bros said more than 80 per cent of its creditors – including landlords – voted in favour of the proposal, surpassing the 75 per cent threshold required to pass the move.
However, no further details of the CVA have been provided as yet – including whether it would impact jobs.
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