Six months ago Next chief executive Simon Wolfson spoke to the media as the country began to emerge from Covid.
Back then the retailer was adapting to the new normal while dealing with warehouse and general HGV driver shortages – partly caused by Brexit – and rising international freight costs as the global economy built up again.
Next, he said, was doing well, with online sales in particular looking positive and lots of pent-up demand among shoppers to spend money saved during lockdown.
