Next Plc announced sales results for the period from November 1, 2012 to December 24, 2012 and year to date ended December 24, 2012. For the period from November 1, 2012 to December 24, 2012, the company announced the sales growth of 3.9%.

For the year to date ended December 24, 2012, the company announced the sales growth of 3.9%.
The company provided earnings guidance for the full year ended January 2013. The company announced although sales have been in line with its expectations, cost control measures, markdowns and gross margins have all been slightly better than expected. As a result the company is able to narrow its profit guidance to the top of its previous range (which was £590 million to £620 million). The company now expects profit to be within £7 million either side of £618 million. For the full year, the company expects group profit before tax between £611 million and £625 million, growth in profit before tax between 7.1% and 9.6%, growth in basic earnings per share between 14% and 17% from last year value of 255.4 pence per share.