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£'000s	Q1	YOY%	Q2	YOY%	Q3	YOY%	Q4	YOY%	2010/11	YOY%
UK sales	47,383	23%	52,857	20%	43,087	20%	43,421	1%	186,748	16%
International sales	33,680	128%	47,719	161%	56,897	154%	64,050	153%	202,346	151%
- US sales	4,186	254%	6,365	227%	7,480	176%	7,919	144%	25,950	186%
- EU sales	18,647	79%	23,576	105%	23,714	68%	25,110	77%	91,047	81%
- ROW sales	10,847	241%	17,778	265%	25,703	363%	31,021	295%	85,349	298%
Total retail sales	81,063	53%	100,576	62%	99,984	71%	107,471	58%	389,094	61%

£'000s	Q1	YOY%	Q2	YOY%	Q3	YOY%	Q4	YOY%	2009/10	YOY%
UK sales	38,381	21%	43,963	14%	35,940	25%	42,877	22%	161,161	20%
International sales	14,773	118%	18,296	73%	22,390	106%	25,313	137%	80,772	108%
- US sales	1,184	78%	1,949	95%	2,706	174%	3,249	267%	9,088	157%
- EU sales	10,408	102%	11,482	38%	14,137	72%	14,204	82%	50,231	70%
- ROW sales	3,181	231%	4,865	301%	5,547	242%	7,860	301%	21,453	273%
Total retail sales	53,154	38%	62,259	27%	58,330	47%	68,190	49%	241,933	40%

£'000s	Q1	YOY%	Q2	YOY%	Q3	YOY%	Q4	YOY%	2008/09	YOY%
UK sales	31,813	99%	38,648	85%	28,806	47%	35,048	31%	134,315	62%
International sales	6,780	251%	10,549	325%	10,843	198%	10,661	102%	38,833	192%
- US sales	667	361%	1,000	453%	989	322%	886	149%	3,542	287%
- EU sales	5,152	242%	8,336	315%	8,233	177%	7,813	86%	29,534	176%
- ROW sales	961	249%	1,213	317%	1,621	282%	1,962	177%	5,757	239%
Total retail sales	38,593	116%	49,197	111%	39,649	71%	45,709	43%	173,148	80%

	H1 £'000	H2 £'000	FY £'000	H1 Growth %	H2 Growth %	FY Growth %
Revenue	189,352	213,656	403,008	53%	58%	56%
Cost of Sales	(99,095)	(106,291)	(205,386)	56%	66%	61%
Gross profit	90,257	107,365	197,622	50%	51%	50%
Administrative expenses excluding exceptional items	(74,456)	(91,097)	(165,553)	55%	55%	55%
Operating profit before exceptional items	15,801	16,268	32,069	30%	33%	32%
Share of post-tax gains/(losses) of joint venture	63	(16)	47
Net finance costs	(145)	(275)	(420)
Profit before tax and exceptional items	15,719	15,977	31,696	30%	31%	31%
Exceptional items	(11,535)	(7,530)	(19,065)
Profit before tax	4,184	8,447	12,631	(65%)	(30%)	(48%)
Income tax expense	(1,272)	(2,594)	(3,866)
Profit after tax	2,912	5,853	8,765	(66%)	(32%)	(49%)
Diluted underlying EPS			27.9p			27%

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	31 August 2011 £'000
Goodwill	1,060
Property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets	38,638
Deferred tax asset	16,346
Non-current assets	56,044
Assets classified as held-for-sale	2,800
Working capital	5,756
Net funds	4,183
Derivative financial assets	192
Current tax asset	4,903
Net current assets	17,834
Net assets	73,878

	31 August 2011 £'000
Operating profit	13,004
Exceptional items	19,065
Operating profit before exceptional items	32,069
Depreciation and amortisation	6,011
Working capital	14,745
Share-based payment charges	1,105
Tax paid	(3,930)
Cash inflow from operating profit before exceptional items	50,000
Operating cash outflow relating to exceptional items	(16,008)
Cash inflow from operating profit	33,992
Capital expenditure	(32,477)
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares	1,094
Purchase of own shares by Employee Benefit Trust	(1,349)
Drawdown of revolving credit facility	10,000
Net interest paid	(420)
Total cash inflow	10,840