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Primark has hit a record £1.6billion in sales after Covid restrictions were eased with shoppers ditching lockdown leisurewear for new clothes.
Associated British Foods (ABF) - the owner of the high street retailer - revealed the record was reached in the 16 weeks to June 19, 'reflecting an increase in both confidence and willingness to spend by our customers'.
The discount fashion business also saw like-for-like sales rise by three per cent against pre-pandemic levels from the same quarter two years ago.
Primark started the quarter with only one in five stores trading due to pandemic regulations, with all of its stores now reopened.
The group said it was particularly buoyed by 'pent-up demand in the early weeks after reopening' and is expecting trading to steady now restrictions have been significantly eased.
Associated British Foods (ABF) - the owner of the high street retailer - revealed Primark hit a record
