Shoe Zone is a leading UK specialist value footwear retailer, offering low price and high quality women's shoes, men's shoes, boy's shoes and girl's shoes.

We operate from a portfolio of over 500 stores and employ approximately 3,750 employees across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Shoe Zone sells over 20 million pairs of shoes per annum and, in 2013, the average retail price per pair of shoes was £9.77. We are able to maintain low retail prices due to high volumes ordered, direct sourcing from factories and a low product line count.

Shoe Zone is able to maintain low retail prices due to high volumes ordered, direct sourcing from factories and by maintaining a low product line count. Approximately 95% of current season products have been manufactured in China where we have strong working relationships with suppliers.

Shoe Zone’s Head Office and Distribution Centre (known as "Help Zone") is located in Leicester, England. The Distribution Centre handled approximately 850,000 pairs of shoes per week during 2013. Our UK distribution network is managed in-house with stock being distributed to stores using our own low cost vehicle fleet of 33 lorries.

The average size of a Shoe Zone sales floor is 1,400 sq. ft. and store locations are typically in secondary and occasionally prime locations (in smaller towns and suburban areas). Over half of UK short leasehold stores pay rent and we believe our leasehold policy gives us flexibility to actively manage the store portfolio.

Shoe Zone’s online offering combined with our extensive store network enables customers to shop via multiple channels. Shoezone.com was launched in 2010 and sales in the 12 months to 31 January 2014 were equivalent to 11 times those of an average store. Customers are able to purchase all of the products currently available in stores as well as an additional 400 product styles which are web exclusive. The average transaction value online is 57% higher than in store.

LSE, AIM Admission date 23 May 2014

Major Shareholders + percentage
• Anthony Smith 27.79%
• Charles Smith 22.22%
• MITON ASSET MANAGEMENT 15.58%
• JANUS HENDERSON INVESTORS 9.05%
• CHELVERTON ASSET MANAGEMENT 6.58%
• WISE INVESTMENT 3.44%
• POLAR CAPITAL 2.78%
• AXA FRAMLINGTON INVESTMENT MANAGERS 2.70%

Key Fundamentals 05-Oct-13 04-Oct-14 03-Oct-15 01-Oct-16 30-Sep-17
Revenue (£ m) 193.88 172.86 166.82 159.83 157.78
Pre-Tax (£ m) 5.06 10.50 10.14 10.25 9.50