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Snow Costs Next £22m, Like-For-Likes Fall 6.1%

Snow in the run up to Christmas and heavy pre-Christmas discounting impacted Next’s sales by £22m, the retailer said. Next said that like-for-like sales slumped 6.1% over the five months to Christmas Eve after the extreme weather cost the retailer 2.2% of its full-price sales during the season.

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