Oddbins cheers double-digit growth

WINE retailer Oddbins said it had put its trading troubles behind it with sustained "double-digit" retail sales growth.

Online sales rose 38 per cent in the ten weeks to 28 March, and the firm hopes this will rise to more than 50 per cent after its new website launches later this year. The company added that champagne sales rose by 12.5 per cent in the period.

Managing director Simon Baile said: "We are seeing double-digit retail sales growth and an increase in footfall, currently at more than 5 per cent. We expect this upward trend to accelerate as more of our improved offering falls into place."