Thursday preview: Burberry, WH Smith

Stock market stars get punished heavily when they trip up, and Burberry was no exception after its profit warning a month ago.

Stock market stars get punished heavily when they trip up, and Burberry was no exception after its profit warning a month ago.

Consequently, Thursday's fiscal second quarter trading update from the luxury goods firm will be closely analysed to see whether the material slow-down in its retail business got any worse in the final three weeks of September.

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