Christmas Trading Statement
January 06 2004 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:8650T
Majestic Wine PLC
06 January 2004
6 JANUARY 2004
MAJESTIC WINE PLC
CHRISTMAS TRADING STATEMENT
Like for like UK sales at Majestic were up 7.4% for the eight weeks of Christmas
trading from 6 November 2003 to 31 December 2003.
Tim How, Chief Executive of Majestic Wine PLC, said:
"We are very pleased with our sales performance over the Christmas period. Wines
from Bordeaux, Loire, Southern France, South Africa, New Zealand and Chile sold
particularly well and Champagne and beer sales grew strongly. We continue to see
a most encouraging increase in the number of customers on our database who have
made purchases in the last twelve months, up by 10.1% on this time last year to
320,000 customers."
For further information, please contact:
Tim How
Majestic Wine PLC Tel: 01923 298200
Tim Thompson Tel: 020 7466 5000
Buchanan Communications (mobile: 07710 718649)
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