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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon English

Next offers hope for the high street as consumer confidence rides high

NEXT fashioned another profit upgrade today, offering hope for the wider high street and reminding the City that it is one of the best run businesses in the UK.

The clothes giant led by Simon Wolfson said full price sales between May and July are up 6.9% on a year ago. While that speaks to resilient consumer confidence it will not encourage economists looking for signs that inflation is easing.

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