Half-year revenues have climbed past £400m at Handforth-headquartered pet supplies retailer Pets at Home helped by the growth of its advanced nutrition, vet and grooming services.
The company has announced that total revenues rose by 6 per cent to £404.5m in the 28 weeks ending 8 October 2015.
Like-for like sales increased by 1.8 per cent, down from 4.2 per cent in the prior year.
Nick Wood, chief executive of Pets at Home, said: "We remain pleased with the growth of advanced nutrition, vet and grooming services during the first half of the financial year, supported by growing maturity in the VIP loyalty scheme.
"Whilst trading in parts of the business has been weaker than expected, the core strategic drivers are performing well and in order to support their growth, we continue to invest in our colleagues and seamless shopping experience.
"As we highlighted previously, profit growth will be weighted to the second half, as the strong health and hygiene comparatives ease. Our full-year profit outlook is broadly in line with market expectations."
Pets at Home completed an initial public offering on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in March 2014, which gave the company a market capitalisation of £1.2bn.
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