LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - British clothing retailer Next
on Wednesday reported a 5.9% rise in first-half profit
versus two years ago and raised its full-year profit guidance
for the fourth time in six months.
The group, which has benefited from strong trading since
COVID-19 restrictions ended, made a first-half pretax profit of
347 million pounds ($474.6 million). It is now forecasting 800
million pounds for the full 2021-22 year.
($1 = 0.7311 pounds)
(Reporting by James Davey, Editing by Paul Sandle)
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