The fashion label Burberry has said that it made an “excellent start” to the year as it reported a strong recovery in sales, which are now in line with pre-Covid-19 trading. Sales in the 13 weeks to the end of June were 1 per cent higher than in the same period in 2020, before the pandemic, Burberry reported. Year-on-year sales were up 90 per cent, but the vast majority of the luxury brand’s shops were closed by Covid-19 restrictions during the comparable period. SponsoredAt the end of last month 97 per cent of shops were open, Burberry reported, but 35 per cent were still operating on reduced hours. It added: “Business in Europe and much of Asia is still heavily impacted by the

Source: The Times July 16, 2021 08:02 UTC