UK: Primark feels the pinch despite H1 profit rise
Author: just-style.com | 27 April 2011
UK value fashion retailer Primark today (27 April) said its first-half revenues grew by 11% thanks to new store openings and a 3% rise in like-for-like sales, but warned of "continued weakness" in the UK retail market.
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