Burberry beat forecasts with a 6% rise in first-half profit as its most wealthy shoppers continued to spend despite a faltering global economy.
The British luxury goods group is best known for its camel, red and black check pattern.
It said today it made a profit before tax and one off items of £173m sterling in the six months to September 30.
That compared to analyst forecasts of £157-172m and £162m the same time last year.
Last month Burberry said sales had steadied in the final weeks of its second quarter, reassuring investors rattled by a shock profit warning in September.
Total first-half revenue was £883m, up 8% at constant exchange rates, with first quarter growth of 11% slowing to 5% in the second.
Burberry said guidance for the second half was unchanged from that issued in October. However, the firm said the decision to directly operate fragrance and beauty as a fifth product division from April 1 would be broadly neutral to underlying profit in 2013/14 and earnings accretive thereafter.
