Next will announce on Wednesday whether the company has shaken off the summer setback that depressed sales of competitors, the company said in a statement to investors about trading in the first half of the year.
Lord Simon Wolfson’s chain broke through the retail bleakness in August by forecasting higher profits after better-than-expected early summer sales.
In fashion: Shares of Next, which hit a record high last week, have risen 43.3 percent over the past year
The shares, which hit a record high last week, have risen 43.3 percent over the past year.
In contrast, fast fashion competitors – including H&M and Primark – have given gloomy updates.
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