
British fashion group French Connection forecast year profit at the high end of current market expectations after its wholesale business showed an improved performance in its latest trading period.
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British fashion group French Connection forecast year profit at the high end of current market expectations after its wholesale business showed an improved performance in its latest trading period.
British clothing and footwear retailer JD Sports Fashion posted a 36.5 percent rise in first-half profit, boosted by the soccer World Cup, and said trading in the second half had got off to a solid start.
British retailer JD Sports Fashion said the build-up to the soccer World Cup, which starts on Friday 11 June, had helped to boost sales in recent weeks and reported a return to growth at its fashion business.
Struggling British sportswear retailer JJB Sports said its recovery would be neither quick nor easy, as it posted a wider full-year loss that reflected a haemorrhaging of sales in 2009.
Retailer John Lewis posted a double digit rise in underlying weekly sales as consumers showed they are still prepared to spend despite the prospect of tax rises after next month's general election.
Sportswear and fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion predicted a fillip to sales from the soccer World Cup as it beat forecasts with a 26 percent jump in full year profit and hiked its final dividend 65 percent.
British sportswear retailer Sports Direct plans to oppose a fundraising by outdoor goods chain Blacks Leisure, if it can resolve a dispute over the ownership of shares in Blacks and another rival retailer.
Europe's retailers are braced for a tough 2010 amid signs a tentative economic recovery has yet to boost consumer spending and fears high unemployment and low wage growth will dampen confidence in the months ahead.
A better-than-expected Christmas performance from British sportswear and fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion reflected a cut in competitor capacity and a strong product proposition, its chief executive said.
British sportswear retailer Sports Direct is ready to defend its claim to a 28.5 percent stake in outdoor goods firm Blacks Leisure, rejecting a counter claim by administrators of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander.