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Sustainability is very important to NEXT. We are always working on ways we can impact the planet in a positive way. We have our very own in-house Recycling Centre in Elmsall, where we divert 97% of our general waste from landfill by recycling and reusing. Watch this video to find out more about the materials we recycle and what we do with the materials that can be reused.
The results are in for our Q2 Trading statement! Check out the headlines below: 🧾 Q2 full price sales up +5.0%2 versus last year, £50m ahead of our previous guidance. 📊 Full price sales guidance for the second half maintained at +1.0%. 💷 Full-year profit guidance increased by +£10m to £860m (+4.5% versus last year). 📈 Earnings Per Share (EPS) guidance increased to +7.2% versus last year. High fives all round to everyone who works for Next 🙌 This wouldn't happen without you.
It's "The Next Sale" time of the year 🛍 Our retail people work extremely hard to ensure the sale is all set up and ready for our customers 👏 A big round of applause for everyone who makes the sale the success it is.
We are beginning to celebrate our 40th Birthday here at Next 🎈 As part of this, we are sharing stories from people all around the business, whether they've been here 1 year, 25 years or 40, there are some great stories to be told. This is Sarah from our Talent & Development team at our Head Office in Leicester. She's had such an incredible journey at Next, all starting with her first job which you won't find anyone else at the company has done! Check it out 🎥 #lifeatnext #40yearsofnext
Happy Pride Month 🏳️🌈 At Next we have a Pride Network that is an employee-led initiative, aiming to create a safe space for those in the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. We want to ensure that our people feel safe, supported and happy when they come to work ❤️
Better together 🤝 Our teams are really enjoying having proper team meetings in the flesh. Here are some of our Loss Prevention team celebrating their first in-person monthly meeting, it was their first opportunity to be together as a team for some time 🤩 This team promote a "Great place to work" and they've told us "all of our meetings are upbeat, positive and engaging." Want to join us? The link is below.
One year strong in our partnership with Victoria's Secret 👙 Check out our video to find out some interesting facts 🎥 We have an established warehouse operation distributing Victoria's Secret items to customers from the Next website & app, Victoria's Secret website & app and retail stores including 26 Victoria's Secret stores 🛍 #lifeatnext #victoriassecret #nextdistribution #totalplatform
We have launched a diversity, equality and inclusion commitment. Take a look at it in our video 🎥 We’ll be sharing more on what we are doing as a business to make us all knowledgeable when it comes to celebrating differences and understanding diversity, equality and inclusion 🤝 You can find out more on our careers site. #lifeatnext #togetherwearenext #diversityandinclusion
Introducing the Next department store 🤩 Check out our new store in Watford, a store like no other 🎥 We have combined our fashion, home and beauty offering for the first-ever time. Also featuring some top brands like Victoria's Secret, Mamas & Papas, Costa Coffee and Bath & Body Works to bring our customers the ultimate shopping experience 🛍 See the full tour in the video below.
Our End Of Year Results are here 🗓 Last year exceeded all our expectations. It was a year of achievements, growth and innovation. This is all thanks to the efforts and dedication of every single colleague across the business. Our people have worked tirelessly to adapt and develop our business to enable us to maximise the opportunities of an increasingly online world, which meant that we launched four new clients on Total Platform, scaled up our online operation and kept up with demand in our warehouses. It has been all of our people's collective commitment that has allowed us to exceed the levels of sales and profitability we delivered in 2019/20 ⭐️ Here are the highlights: 👕 Brand full-price sales up +12.8% versus 2019/20 and +32.4% against 2020/21. 💷 Profit before tax of £823m, up +10% versus 2019/20 and +140% against 2020/21. 📈 Earnings Per Share of 530.8p up +12% versus 2019/20 and +138% against 2020/21. 💰 Year-end net debt (excluding lease debt) of £600m, down -46% versus 2019/20. Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/3qvI6IB #lifeatnext #letstakeiton
