‘It hasn’t stopped people buying our blouses’ jokes pro-Brexit Next boss Lord Wolfson

Brexit hasn’t deterred British shoppers from purchasing clothes, according to Next chief executive Simon Wolfson, who saw his brand’s profits fall 1.5% to £342.1m for the first half of 2016.
Consumer confidence immediately plunged after the EU referendum results in June, while M&S recently blamed Brexit for its falling fashion sales. However, Wolfson, who was a public backer of Brexit, told Marketing Week today (15 September) that the fashion market was “difficult bef