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Sandra Halliday Published January 7, 2025 Reading time
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Next beats the market again, raises profit outlook again after strong Christmas

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Sandra Halliday Published
January 7, 2025

Next raised its annual profit outlook once again on Tuesday as it reported a better-than-expected rise in full-price sales for the festive period — the nine weeks to late December.

Next operates its own webstore and physical stores, sells a raft of third-party labels and also owns, has big stakes in or licenses labels such as Cath Kidston, Reiss, FatFace, Laura Ashley, Victoria’s Secret and more.

Once again, it seems the business is able to buck the wider trend in UK retail and prosper when others a struggling.