British parent and baby brand Mothercare has reported worldwide retail sales through franchise partners were £90.7 million, a 25% decrease from last year.

The retailer put the figure down to store closures in its Middle Eastern markets and its planned exit from Boots.

Mothercare has published its half-year results for the 26-week period to 27 September 2025, which highlighted that on a like-for-like basis, retail sales were down 6% on last year.

“Mothercare is making good progress against our strategic priorities,” said Clive Whiley, chairman of Mothercare.

“After the strategic and operational challenges of the last few years, our performance in the first half shows that Mothercare has been stabilised as a smaller and cash generative business with greatly reduced debt.”

He added: Our new partnerships with Reliance in South Asia and Ebebek in Turkey are now bearing fruit, underlining the intrinsic value of and opportunity for our brand.”

The business recorded an adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortisation (EBITDA) of £0.8 million.

It also said its group adjusted loss before taxation was £1.1 million and net debt decreased to £5.8 million from £17.1 million last year.

“From this position of relative strength our key focus for 2026 is to pursue options to rebuild our scale and operations both in the UK and globally, alongside pursuing the refinancing of our existing debt financing facilities,” said Whiley.

“This is an exciting prospect for our partners, our colleagues and all our stakeholders as we look towards the new year and those opportunities ahead.”

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