DFS warns over coronavirus outbreak as half-year is rocked by “challenging market”

// DFS posts falling half-year sales & profits on back of “challenging market conditions” & lower footfall
// Sales slipped 5.7% to £488m for the period as the impact of “political uncertainty” & weaker consumer confidence offset online growth
// Underlying pre-tax profits for the past half year fell to £20.5m compared to £38m a year earlierDFS has said that “challenging market conditions” hit its half-year trading and warned that