Laura Ashley reports better than expected growth in sales

Fashion and furnishings retailer Laura Ashley reported Friday growth in retail sales for the first 19 weeks of the second half that came in marginally ahead of analysts' forecasts.

Fashion and furnishings retailer Laura Ashley reported Friday growth in retail sales for the first 19 weeks of the second half that came in marginally ahead of analysts' forecasts.

The company said like-for-like (LFL) sales were up 4.9% for the period ended December 8th (Seymour Pierce forecast: 4.0%), with a total retail sales increase of 4.2% year-on-year.

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