As House of Fraser considers a return to the stock market after almost seven years of private ownership, Retail Week looks at how the business has fared in the years since 2005/6, the final year of its previous stock market listing.
| House of Fraser in 2005/6 | House of Fraser in 2012/13 |
|---|---|
| Sales including concessions: £1.01bn (12 months to January 2006) | Sales including concessions: £1.15bn (12 months to January 2013) |
| Sales excluding concessions: £709.1m | Sales excluding concessions: £695.5m |
| Like-for-likes: -3.9% | Like-for-likes: +3.3% |
| Pre-tax profit: £22.3m | Pre-tax loss: £8.2m * |
| Operating profit: £30.6m | Operating profit: £20.6m |
| Stores: 61 | Stores: 62 |
| Employees: 8,074 | Employees: 5,065 |
| Chief executive: John Coleman, replaced by John King following the acquisition by Highland Acquisitions. | Chief executive: John King |
| Chairman: Don McCarthy appointed after House of Fraser was acquired. | Chairman: Don McCarthy |
| Deputy chief executive and finance director: David Adams | Chief financial officer: Mark Gifford |
| Ecommerce sales: House of Fraser’s website was not transactional until 2007 | Ecommerce sales: £175m (estimated by Retail Week Knowledge Bank) |
| Brands: Relaunched Linea in 2006. In 2005/6 it introduced Hobbs, Karen Millen and Phase Eight as new concessions. | Brands: Introduced Superdry, launched Home Living by Christiane Lemieux and rolled out existing house brands such as Mary & House of Fraser. |
| Value: Bought for £351.4m by a consortium of private investors led by the Icelandic group Baugur in November 2006. | Estimated stock market floatation: Between £200m and £300m |
* Pre-tax profit figures in the table above are not comparable due to the high interest payments made following the change of ownership (£28.9m in 2012/13).
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