date:Jul 12, 2012
oming year.
The companys full year sales were down 1.6% to 215.8m, with the only gains coming in the commercial channels and the firms online business Thorntons Direct. The companys own-stores and franchises suffered over the year.
Thorntons announced in February that it planned to close almost half of its own stores and focus on commercial retail sales.
Commercial sales boosted by Best of British range
Commercial sales grew by 2.9m to 9.3 million during Q4, while own stores declined 0.7m to