Next sales better than expected despite cost-of-living-crisis

Next is maintaining its full year profit forecast of €978m.

Next has around 500 stores in the UK and Ireland.

Clothing and homeware chain Next held its profit guidance steady and said that sales heading into the final months of the year are slightly better than expected.

Full-price sales rose 0.4% during the third quarter, compared to the same time a year earlier as consumers increasingly become more selective when shopping for clothes and homewares.