DFS has seen orders continue to outpace 2023 in the past five months.
The chain says that the growth in order intake seen the final quarter of the year to 30 June has continued ‘with order intake remaining in growth over the first 20 weeks of the period, inline with our expectations.’
It says it has also been able to continue to reduce costs, shareholders were told ahead of its AGM.
Details of the trading performance will not be disclosed until January.
The group has recruited Marie Wall as interim cfo. She has previously held senior finance roles at Imperial Brands, where she was deputy cfo; Wolseley and Dixons Carphone.
