Bargain hunters have returned to Primark shops in the UK and Europe, its parent company Associated British Foods has reported this morning as it updates shareholders on third-quarter trading. In the seven weeks to June 20 Primark recorded sales of £322 million, only 12 per cent lower than over the same period last year. In the week ended June 20, with more than 90 per cent of selling space reopened, trading in England and Ireland was ahead of the same week last year. Only eight of the group’s 375 Primark shops now remain closed. “Trading in our reopened stores has ... been

Source: The Times July 02, 2020 08:03 UTC