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Halfords Group PLC
LON:HFD
Halfords Group PLC is engaged in the retailing of auto, leisure and cycling products. The principal activity of the Company is that of a holding company. During the fiscal year ended March 28, 2008, the Company operated from 430 stores in the United Kingdom via overseas branches, 17 stores in the Republic of Ireland and three in the Czech Republic. Its product portfolio consists of three categories: car maintenance (including car parts, servicing consumables), car enhancement (including in-car entertainment systems, cleaning products, accessories, interior and exterior car styling products) and leisure (including cycles and cycle accessories and roof boxes, cycle carriers, child car seats and outdoor leisure equipment).
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FTSE 100 was 1% lower at lunch; Halfords sales climb above £1bn for the first time
London's blue-chip stocks were lower today on Grexit fears as prime minister Alexus Tsipras deferred the county's payment to the International Monetary Fund until the end of the month.
Halfords gets into gear as sales pedal past £1bn
Under former boss Matt Davies, Halfords underwent an overhaul called ‘Getting into Gear’ that improved staff training and revamped stores to give them a greater focus on bikes.
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FTSE 100 set to start the week back above 7,000
Investors seem to be prepared to accentuate the positive, with the FTSE 100 set to open 34 points to the good, taking the blue-chip index back above 7,000.
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Week ahead: Dixons Carphone tipped to maintain positive LFL sales growth
We're a bit light on scheduled reports from multi-national leviathans this week, but some well-known national names - such as Dixons, Halfords and Bellway - are expected to report.