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Primark owner Associated British Foods has raised its full year outlook

AB Foods raises full-year outlook on strong Primark

Associated British Foods has today raised its forecast for full-year results following a strong performance by bargain fashion retailer Primark.

Business • 11 Sep 17

The flip flops were on sale from 4 January to 2 June

Primark recalls men's flip flops over cancer chemical

Primark has recalled three types of men's flip flops sold in Northern Ireland after it found high levels of a cancer-causing chemical.

Ulster • 18 Jul 17

The Staten Island store in Primark's 7th in the US

Primark opens its first store in New York

Primark has opened the doors of its latest US store in Staten Island in New York.

Business • 16 Mar 17

Primark's sales at actual exchange rates jumped 22% compared with last year

Primark sales jump 22% due to Brexit-hit sterling

Primark owner Associated British Foods said sales at the retailer have jumped by more than fifth thanks to a boost from the Brexit-hit pound.

Business • 12 Jan 17

In August planning permission was granted for a major 22,000 sq m development at the centre

Liffey Valley sold to German pensions group

Dublin's Liffey Valley Shopping Centre has been bought by Germany's largest pension scheme group, Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), with the sale reported to be valued at more than €600m.

Business • 19 Dec 16

Sales at AB Foods' Primark chain stall due to warm weather

Warm weather stalled Primark's Christmas sales

Associated British Foods said that unusually warm winter weather meant sales at its Primark discount fashion chain stalled in the nine weeks to January 2.

Business • 14 Jan 16

The company says Primark in Philadelphia will create 490 new jobs for the area

Penney's opens second US store under Primark name

Penney's has opened its second US store in Philadelphia, under the Primark brand name.

Business • 25 Nov 15

AB Foods said today its trading outlook for the full 2014-15 year was unchanged

AB Foods lowers earnings guidance on currency woes

Associated British Foods has edged down its full-year earnings guidance on foreign currency concerns.

Business • 21 Apr 15

AB Foods' adjusted profit before tax increased 2% to £1.11 billion

Primark owner AB Foods' annual earnings rise 6%

Associated British Foods posted a 6% rise in full year earnings, with strong performances from its Primark discount fashion chain and grocery division offseting the adverse impact of lower sugar prices.

Business • 04 Nov 14

Strong Primark performance offsets weak suger division for AB Foods

AB Foods maintains full year guidance

Associated British Foods has maintained its annual earnings guidance, with a good finish to the year from Primark offsetting continued weakness in its sugar operations.

Business • 08 Sep 14

Taoiseach Enda Kenny opens new Primark store in Berlin

Berliners flock to new Primark store

Thousands of bargain hunters flocked to a new Primark store in the heart of Berlin today.

Business • 03 Jul 14

Activists demonstrated on the site where the building collapsed six months after the disaster

Penneys to pay $10m to factory collapse victims

Fashion chain Penneys is to pay a further $10m in compensation to victims of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh in April last year that killed more than 1,100 people.

News • 18 Mar 14

Primark expects to add over 1 million square feet of selling space in 2013-2014

AB Foods says Primark sales still growing

Primark, the British discount fashion retailer owned by Associated British Foods, has seen further growth in underlying sales since September.

Business • 06 Dec 13

Penneys submits plans for international HQ

Fashion chain Penneys has submitted a planning application which, if approved, will see it expand its international headquarters in Dublin city centre.

Business • 29 Nov 13

Primark owner AB Foods reports 13% rise in full year profits

AB Foods results beat forecasts on Primark growth

Associated British Foods reported a 13% rise in full-year profit today as its Primark discount fashion chain expanded apace.

Business • 05 Nov 13

Primark has announced plans to pay long-term compensation to the victims of the disaster

Primark to compensate Bangladesh collapse victims

Primark has announced plans to pay long-term compensation to the victims involved in the Bangladesh building collapse in April, or to their families.

News • 24 Oct 13

Sales at Primark up 22% so far this year

Primark lifts sales for upbeat AB Foods

Associated British Foods is seeing signs of improving consumer confidence, with a strong performance from its Primark chain helping to lift third-quarter sales by 8%.

Business • 11 Jul 13

Primark occupied a floor of the eight-storey building in Bangladesh

Primark to aid Bangladesh disaster families

Bosses at Primark have said they will pay compensation to the families of their workers involved in the Bangladesh building collapse that took the lives of 400 people.

Business • 30 Apr 13

Primark owner AB Foods reports 20% increase in H1 profits

Primark drives AB Foods profit rise

Associated British Foods has predicted its Primark discount clothing chain would remain Britain's fastest growing major retailer this year.

Business • 23 Apr 13

Primark's annual sales up 15%

Full year sales at Primark and Penneys shops rose 15% to £3.5 billion (€4.4 billion) over the year to 15 September.

Business • 06 Nov 12

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