UK: Primark in 15% FY profit and revenue hikes
By Richard Woodard | 6 November 2012
Clothing retailer Primark - part of Associated British Foods (ABF) - has posted double-digit increases in full-year operating profit and revenues, boosted by "particularly strong" summer trading in the UK.
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