scs group plc said tuesday that its performance since the start of fiscal 2023 has been subdued as high inflation weighs on household income but that fiscal 2022 earnings were ahead of market expectations the uk upholsteredfurniture and floorings retailer said that order intake on a likeforlike basis for the first ten weeks of the new fiscal year fell 78 compared with the same period in fiscal 2019 prepandemic the company said inflationary pressures and reduced consumer confidence continues to impact visitor numbers in both online and physical stores whilst we expect the coming months to be challenging we are confident in the longer term growth prospects of the business chief executive steve carson said scs reported a pretax profit of 164 million pounds 181 million for the year ended july 30 and said this was ahead of market expectations the company had posted a profit of gbp227 million for fiscal 2021 revenue however rose to gbp3316 million from gbp3052 million the board has declared a final dividend of 90 pence a share bringing the fullyear dividend to 135 pence a share this compares with a dividend of 100 pence a share declared for fiscal 2021 shares at 0827 gmt were up 05 pence or 04 at 1220 pence