date:Apr 24, 2014
line with analysts estimates.
Primark, which has overtaken sugar as the biggest contributor to profit, is adding stores in the north east of the US, the first of which will open at the end of 2015. Its also expanding across Europe and opened its fourth in France on April 9. The units growth is helping offset slumping sugar earnings caused by pressure on prices amid accelerating imports from outside the European Union.
Lower sugar prices will result, as previously indicated, in a substantial re