Oct 10 (Reuters) - Plus-sized fashion retailer N Brown
reported higher first-half adjusted pretax profit on
Thursday, benefiting from its transition to an online-only
business after shutting all its shops last year.
The company, which targets women over 30 and specializes in
larger sizes, said adjusted pretax profit rose 3.9% to 31.8
million pounds ($38.87 million) for the six months ended Aug.
31.
($1 = 0.8181 pounds)
(Reporting by Tanishaa Nadkar in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernard
Orr)