ScS – now trading as Sofa Carpet Specialist – is a UK-based furniture and flooring retailer that is focused on expanding the breadth and quality of its offer to attract a wider customer base and achieve higher transactional values.
It trades from around 100 standalone stores across the UK, having pulled out of a significant concession agreement with the House of Fraser department store business ahead of its collapse in mid 2018.
While online sales still account for just 5% of total sales, these have been growing robustly. Creating a market-leading website and driving digital awareness is at the heart of its current strategy, with the retailer scoping out a new site in early 2020 that will be “built from the ground up to be faster, more responsive, and better suited to what our customers want”. A key focus will be on improving online conversion rates through better imagery and a faster site.
A host of retailers including JD Sports, Dunelm, ScS and Games Workshop have confirmed that their stores will close following prime minister Boris Johnson’s address to the nation last night.
ScS has reported increases in both gross sales and profit in its half-year results, despite low customer confidence and the developing coronavirus situation.
ScS has delayed the release of its half-year results following yesterday’s changes to the government’s coronavirus policy.
ScS has posted an uplift in like-for-like sales over the festive trading period as boss David Knight says he will retire next year after 32 years with the business.
Sofas specialist ScS has reported a fall in sales as political volatility continued to hit trading.
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