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Highlights
- Shares in eve Sleep surged on Wednesday after it entered a retail partnership with DFS.
- While eve Sleep’s shares soared by 60% after the partnership, DFS shares were down on Wednesday.
UK-based mattress retailer eve Sleep PLC (LON:EVE) is on the radar of investors with its shares soaring by 60% on 23 February after its deal with furniture chain DFS Furniture PLC (LON: DFS).
The new partnership
On 23 February 2022, London-based sleep wellness brand eve Sleep entered a retail partnership with DFS, which is a furniture retail firm. According to the details, the partnership would start off with covering of the dfs.co.uk website from 3 March 2022. Every month, the website attracts around 2.7 million visitors.
The products offered by eve Sleep include comfortable mattresses, premium bed frames and a wide range of sleep-inducing treats. All these and much more will now be available for sale at the DFS showrooms later this year. The product range offered to the customers is expected to expand later.
According to eve Sleep CEO Cheryl Calverley, the partnership would result in the expansion of our retail business and help eve Sleep products in reaching a wider audience. The sales of the company and customer base are expected to increase.
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eve Sleep’s share price performance
The award-winning mattress brand eve Sleep is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange since May 2017. The market cap of the company stands at £7.68 million as of 23 February 2022.
In the past year, eve Sleep hasn’t performed well due to the slump in its sales caused by the pandemic, and its one-year return stands at -48.91%, as of 23 February 2022. However, its performance has improved since the beginning of 2022 and its year-to-date return stands at 6.46% as of 23 February 2022.
While trading during the day on Wednesday, its shares went up 79%, touching GBX 3.13. However, if we compare this price to eve Sleep’s IPO price of GBX 101.00 in 2017, we can say that the company still has a long way to go to reach its potential value.
eve Sleep PLC’s shares were trading at GBX 2.30, down by 17.86%, around 9 AM BST, on 24 February 2022.
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DFS Furniture’s share price performance
While eve Sleep’s shares soared by 60% after the partnership, shares of DFS were down on Wednesday. DFS Furniture plc’s shares closed at GBX 228.00, down by 3.18%, on 23 February 2022.
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The company has been able to sustain during the pandemic phase and has provided its shareholders with a return of 5.07% over the last one year as of 23 February 2022. Its performance in 2022 has gone down though, its year-to-date return stands at -13.96%.
DFS Furniture PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s main market since March 2015, and its market cap stand at £589.23 million as of 23 February 2022.
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