Primark reports 'phenomenal' trading since lockdowns ended
by Kalyeena Makortoff from on (#5B7GC)
Sales boom in England, Ireland, France and Belgium but Covid restrictions cost 430m
The owner of Primark has revealed that the latest wave of Covid-19 lockdowns cost the fashion chain 430m in lost sales but that it has experienced a phenomenal" jump in sales this week since stores were allowed to reopen.
The finance director of Associated British Foods (ABF), John Bason, said that trading across reopened Primark stores in England, Ireland, France and Belgium had been better than predicted.
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