Next ups FY guidance as sales improve due to good weather
Full price sales in the first seven weeks of the second quarter increased 9.3% compared with last year, beating its full price estimates by £93m
Next is upgrading its full price sales guidance for the full year by £137m and its full year profit guidance by £40m to £835m, as trading in the last seven weeks has proved “materially better” than the guidance it issued in May.