Key performance indicators

  2011 2010
Group sales growth (1) 21.0% (5.0)%
International (1) 25.3% (4.7)%
UK (2) 12.1% (5.6)%
eCommerce revenue share 49% 43%
Headline Group return on sales (2) 10.1% 8.1%
Headline ROCE (3) 24.2% 16.7%
Stock turn (per year) 2.7x 2.8x
Revenue per head (4) (£'000) 204 176
Number of customers (millions) 1.6 1.5
Net debt to headline EBITDA 1.1x 1.6x
Interest cover (5) 23.4x 19.6x
(1)
Underlying revenue growth, adjusting for currency and trading days
(2)
Headline operating profit expressed as a percentage of revenue
(3)
Headline operating profit expressed as a percentage of net assets plus net debt
(4)
Revenue on a like for like basis (2011 and 2010) adjusting for trading days and foreign exchange
(5)
Based upon headline EBITA: Earnings before interest, tax and amortisation (inc. government grants)

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