Carpetright plc announced interim management statement for the thirteen and thirty nine weeks ended January 25, 2014. For the quarter, the company reported group sales decreased by 0.5% against 1.6% for the same period a year ago. Total UK sales increased by 0.6% against 1.6% for the same period a year ago. Like-for-like sales in the UK increased by 1.9%.

For the thirty nine weeks period, the company reported group sales (in GBP) decreased by 1.7% against 3.7% for the same period a year ago.

The company announced that with a further weakening of the market in the Netherlands, it now expects underlying pre-tax profits for the full year 2014 will be below the lower end of the current range of market expectations.