Dunelm increased its like-for-like sales by 12.5% in its third quarter after it attracted more customers to its brand.

Like-for-like sales in-store rose by 9.8% while online sales increased by 32.1%. The retailer’s Reserve & Collect service and tablet-based selling in-store accounted for 18.5% of revenue to mark a 4.1% rise year-on-year.

Group revenue rose by 6.1% to £284.5 million.

Dunelm's chief executive, Nick Wilkinson said: "We are delighted that customers continue to respond well to our improving homewares offer as we help them create a home they love.  The strong growth in the third quarter reflects our ongoing focus on attracting more customers to the brand and giving them more reasons to shop with us through great product and service.  Our performance was also buoyed by a positive homewares market.”