Hotel Chocolat has posted an increase in half year sales and profit following success in growing its active customer base.
In the six months 26 December, group revenue increased by 40% year-on-year to £142.9 million following strong multichannel growth in the UK, US and Japan.
Meanwhile, pre-tax profit climbed by 56% to £24.1 million and underlying EBITDA rose by 35% to £33.8 million.
During the period, the company increased its UK active customer base by 38% to 2.3 million. Hotel Chocolat said this was achieved through its ability to see the behaviours of a wide church of customers across multiple different cohorts and to adapt its conversations accordingly.
Hotel Chocolat said trading since the period end has been in line with expectations.
