Outdoor clothing retailer Mountain Warehouse has posted record first-half sales up 24.7 per cent to £59.3 million in the six months to August 30 compared to a year ago.
The company, which employs over 15,000 staff and has 23 stores in Scotland, said its pre-tax profit jumped 31 per cent to £4.3 million in the period.
It said it is on track to open 34 stores this year creating more than 200 jobs.
The firm, founded in 1997 in Swindon, added it would launch on T-mall, the online shopping platform owned by Chinese retail giant Alibaba next month.
Mark Neale, Mountain Warehouse’s founder and chief executive, said: “We have had another amazing six months, helped by the wet August but with our summer products also selling well earlier in the season.
"Our cycling and running ranges also continued to perform strongly and well ahead of last year.
“I’m delighted to say, as we head into autumn, that this has continued which means that 2015 is shaping up to be another record year."
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