UK: Primark warns of margin squeeze as FY profits jump 35%
By just-style.com | 9 November 2010
Food, ingredients and retail group Associated British Foods today (9 November) warned that margins at its Primark fashion chain are likely to be eroded by higher costs in the coming year, but says it expects to maintain its lead of the value sector.
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